New study tests 'Meaning Therapy' to calm breast cancer fears
NCT ID NCT07267572
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding logotherapy—a type of counseling that helps people find meaning in their struggles—to standard support can reduce anxiety and depression in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Sixty-six women will be randomly assigned to receive either standard support or standard support plus four one-on-one logotherapy sessions. Researchers will measure anxiety and depression scores over time to see if logotherapy provides extra benefit.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- logotherapy (meaning-based counseling sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug way to help women with breast cancer feel less anxious and depressed.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 66 participants, and it hasn't started yet. The benefit may be small or not last long.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: Female patient: * With a first diagnosis of histologically proven breast cancer, * Affiliated to a health insurance scheme, * Having been informed and having given her free and informed consent prior to any procedure specific to the study. Exclusion Criteria: Female patient: * Unable to understand the study and to answer to the questionnaires * With an indication for neoadjuvant chemotherapy * Undergoing antidepressant treatment at the time of diagnosis * Presenting with alcohol or drug addiction at the time of diagnosis * Protected: adult under guardianship, curatorship, or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision. * Pregnant, breastfeeding, or in labor.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique du Fief de Grimoire
Poitiers, 86000, France
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