Does your mood affect cancer treatment? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT06994377
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether emotional distress (like anxiety or depression) affects how well first-line therapy works in people with metastatic breast cancer. Researchers will follow 1000 patients starting standard treatments based on their cancer type. The goal is to see if those with emotional distress have different outcomes, such as how long the cancer stays under control.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with mBC eligible for standard 1st line treatment
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age over 18 years * Confirmed histological diagnosis of breast cancer * No prior treatment for advanced/metastatic cancer * Indication to receive first-line therapy as per standard clinical practice based on the disease subtype: 1. cohort A (HR-/HER2-, PD-L1+): pembrolizumab or atezolizumab + chemotherapy 2. cohort B (HR-/HER2-, PD-L1-): chemotherapy 3. cohort C (HR+/HER2-): CDK4/6 inhibitor + endocrine therapy 4. cohort D (HER2+): chemotherapy + trastuzumab and pertuzumab * Presence of measurable disease according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v.1.1 and/or Positron Emission Tomography Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST) criteria * Able to provide full informed consent for the study Exclusion Criteria: * Pre-existing severe psychiatric disorders or other conditions that could impair the ability to provide informed consent * Inability to complete questionnaires * Presence of another malignancy in the previous 3 years * Symptomatic brain metastases * Ongoing treatment with antidepressant and/or anxiolytic drugs
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
37 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AOU Gaetano Martino di Messina
RECRUITINGMessina, Italy
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ASL CN2 - Ospedale Michele e Pietro Ferrero
RECRUITINGVerduno, Italy
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ASST Brianza
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVimercate, Italy
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ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBergamo, Italy
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ASST Spedali Civili
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrescia, Italy
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ASST della Valle Olona
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBusto Arsizio, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNaples, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVerona, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPisa, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
RECRUITINGPisa, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari
RECRUITINGSassari, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGModena, Italy
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Azienda Usl Toscana centro - Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata
RECRUITINGBagno a Ripoli, Italy
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Azienda Usl Toscana centro - Ospedale di Prato Santo Stefano
RECRUITINGPrato, Italy
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CRO (Centro di Riferimento Oncologico)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAviano, Italy
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European Institute of Oncology
RECRUITINGMilan, 20141, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBari, Italy
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNaples, Italy
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Ospedale A. Perrino
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrindisi, Italy
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Ospedale Careggi
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFlorence, Italy
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Ospedale Infermi
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRimini, Italy
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Ospedale Maggiore di Novara
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNovara, Italy
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Ospedale Niguarda
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGenova, Italy
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Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria - Negrar
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVerona, Italy
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Ospedale San Giuseppe MultiMedica
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Ospedale Valduce
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGComo, Italy
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Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAncona, Italy
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Policlinico San Matteo
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPavia, Italy
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Policlinico Umberto I
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRome, Italy
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Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
RECRUITINGRome, Italy
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Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Policlinico Universitario Paolo Giaccone
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPalermo, Italy
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Policlinico di Milano
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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