Picture this: simple photo tool may ease anxiety for breast cancer patients
NCT ID NCT04993313
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether adding a photo guide to standard counseling helps reduce anxiety and depression in women with early-stage breast cancer who are about to start radiation therapy. About 62 participants will either receive standard verbal counseling alone or with a pictorial educational tool. Researchers will compare changes in anxiety and depression scores between the two groups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pictorial educational tool (photo guide) and standard verbal counseling
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, low-cost way to ease stress and anxiety for women starting breast radiation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 62 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit of adding photos to counseling may be small.
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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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62 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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
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- 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: * Breast cancer patients diagnosed with stage 0-IIIA disease who are planned to receive adjuvant hypofractionated or standard fractionated radiation treatment * Patients must have the ability to read and understand English Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are planned for ultra-hypofractionated radiation treatment * Patients who are planned for partial breast radiation treatment * Patients who are planned to receive concurrent radiosensitizing chemotherapy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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