Can a simple care plan ease stress for breast cancer survivors?
NCT ID NCT01824745
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a personalized survivorship care plan, including a booklet and counseling sessions, can improve quality of life for breast cancer survivors. About 100 women in Southern California who have finished active treatment for early-stage breast cancer will take part. The goal is to see if this planning helps them feel less stressed and more in control of their health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- educational intervention (survivorship care planning booklet and counseling sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that structured survivorship care planning helps reduce stress and improve well-being for breast cancer survivors.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to all survivors. The main goal is to see if survivors actually use the care plan, not to prove it improves health outcomes.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Jul 2013
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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: * In early survivorship phase, defined as being post-surgery to ending of active treatment to 18 months post active treatment for stage 0-3 breast cancer (BCA) * Reside in Southern California * BCS treated at Kaiser, an health maintenance organization (HMO) provider, will be excluded since their SCP implementation project is underway * BCS will not be excluded based on cancer treatments received or a history of diagnosis of mild depression, anxiety, and hypertension and diabetes
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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City of Hope Antelope Valley
Lancaster, California, 93534, United States
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City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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