Can early counseling help breast cancer survivors get back to work?
NCT ID NCT01780064
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether early, personalized support from a psychologist could help women with breast cancer return to work more successfully than standard support. The study included 128 women who had surgery and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the trial was stopped early, so we have limited information on how well it worked.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- interviews with a psychologist
- What this could lead to
- If this approach works, it could help women with breast cancer return to work more successfully by addressing emotional and social challenges early.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so results are limited. The benefit over standard support is uncertain, and individual outcomes may vary.
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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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128 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2013
- Finished
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Jan 2018
- 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 to 65 years
- 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: * Women ≥ 18 with work at the time of diagnosis * Presenting a unilateral breast cancer exclusively local extension * Having received surgery * Reporting of adjuvant chemotherapy (+ / - trastuzumab) * Reporting to radiotherapy or not (If radiotherapy, it will be done on site investigator) * In work at the time of diagnosis (employees, traders and professionals) * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme * Consent signed by the patient before the implementation of any specific procedure to study Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of in situ lesions, cancer recurrence, metastatic disease immediately, location bilateral * Inability physical, psychological, psychiatric or cognitive responses to the questionnaires and participate in interviews * Recognition previous ALD (due to another disease) * Patient under guardianship
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier
Valenciennes, 59300, France
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Centre Léonard de Vinci
Dechy, 59187, France
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Centre Marie Curie
Arras, 62000, France
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Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, 59020, France
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Centre Pierre Curie
Beuvry, 62880, France
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Hôpital Privé de Villeneuve d'Ascq
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 59657, France
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Nouvelle Clinique des Dentellières
Valenciennes, 59300, France
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