Breast NeoplasmsPhase 2NCT01866670
Effect of the Nursing Intervention "Spiritual Support"
A Phase 2 study testing spiritual support and relaxation therapy in people with Breast Neoplasms, run by University of Sao Paulo at 1 site in Brazil.
Trial summary
Condition: patients with breast cancer. Intervention: spiritual support (relaxation + image guided + meditation) or relaxation in three consecutive meetings (day 2, 3 and 4), three days of intervention in the same week. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Breast Neoplasms
- What is being tested?
- spiritual support and relaxation therapy
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 25 participants
- Where
- 1 siteBrazil
- Study dates
- Mar 2013to Jun 2014
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Diagnosis of breast cancer (record of inclusion and monitoring);
- Patients in follow up treatment for breast cancer (record of inclusion and monitoring);
- Have more than 18 years (record of inclusion and monitoring);
Who cannot join
- Present history of psychiatric disorders involving hallucinations (record of inclusion and monitoring).
- Present energy-reduction (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - ECOG/Zubrod Scale) - ECOG greater than 3
- Present decreased cognition (Mini-Mental State Examination MMSE/Brucki et al. 2003) - lower sum related to grade school.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Brazil1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
REMA - Center for Education, Research and Rehabilitation assistence mastectomy
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14040902
Ana Maria Almeida, PhD, 055(16)3602-3432, amalmeid@eerp.usp.br
About this study
Official title: Effect of the Nursing Intervention "Spiritual Support" in the Level of Spirituality and Clinical Parameters in Women With Breast Cancer: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Condition: patients with breast cancer. Intervention: spiritual support (relaxation + image guided + meditation) or relaxation in three consecutive meetings (day 2, 3 and 4), three days of intervention in the same week. The first day the participants will be evaluated if she meets the needs of the research and will answer questions about their indentification and spirituality.
Type of study: intervention Study design: randomized controlled trial Masking: blind study. Randomization: sequence generated by SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 15, organized in sealed envelopes by another qualified professional.
The research ends in 2014 jun.
Read the detailed description
People who attend the study sessions will participate in sessions of relaxation or of spiritual support depending on the group in which they were selected.
One way to see if there was influence of these activities for the person is measuring some factors such as heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure. The interventions will be conducted by the researcher and the data will be collected by a research assistant.
Before being accepted to participate in the study each participant will be evaluated if he/she meets the needs of the research (day 1); thus it will be observed if she has or not no physical condition to perform normal activities of daily life (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - ECOG/Scale Zubrod) like this and your cognitive ability ((Mini-Mental State Examination MMSE/Brucki et al. 2003); if the patient is performing another type of complementary therapy will be considered his/her temporary interruption during the study period (Sheet inclusion and monitoring).
After this assessment, women who can participate in the research will answer questions about their identification (Identification Card of the study participants). They will answer five questions about spirituality (Pinto; Pais-Ribeiro, 2007).On the day 2, 3 and 4, during relaxation or spiritual support,the study participants should allow being recorded heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure (ANOVA); this will be done by means of a sensor (or electrode) as those used for ECG and results will appear on a monitor (monitor BM5).
The sessions of relaxation or of spiritual support will be scheduled in three consecutive meetings in the same week, during the activities of the Teaching, Research and Rehabilitation Center for Mastectomized Women (REMA) of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing (EERP-USP).
The questionnaires also will be made at the end of the study (day 4), after sessions of relaxation or spiritual support to see if there was any change in the two stages and between the two groups (ANOVA). At the end they will give a score from 0 to 10, or give their opinion on the experience of the meetings (Experience Rating Scale).
Women who are selected to the sessions of relaxation may perform the activity of spiritual support in future schedules, if they want. It is necessary to participate of the selected activity, i.e., relaxation or spiritual support, and they cannot switch groups during the research.
The research ends in 2014 jun.
- Conditions
- Breast Neoplasms
- Being tested
- spiritual support, relaxation therapy
- Keywords
- spiritual distress, nursing, breast neoplasms
- Medical subject headings
- Breast Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
spiritual supportBehavioural
-Spiritual Support: deep breathing + guided image + meditation
relaxation therapyBehavioural
Relaxation Therapy: deep breathing
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| spiritual support | Experimental | -Spiritual Support: deep breathing + guided image + meditation
Each patient will participate individually in three sequential meetings (A1, A2 and A3).
In the experimental group, it will be developed the support spiritual intervention in all three meetings.
In all meetings, namely A1, A2 and A3 the physiological parameters will be recorded (PA, SpO2, HR) through the monitor BM5. Receives: Behavioral: spiritual support |
| relaxation therapy | Active comparator | Relaxation Therapy Each patient will participate individually in three sequential meetings (A1, A2 and A3).
In the control group, it will be performed just relaxing in all three meetings. In all meetings, namely A1, A2 and A3 the physiological parameters will be recorded (PA, SpO2, HR) through the monitor BM5. Receives: Behavioral: relaxation therapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
spirituality
After this assessment, women who can participate in the research will answer questions about their identification (Identification Card of the study participants). They will answer five questions about spirituality (Pinto; Pais-Ribeiro, 2007); these questions also will be made at the end of the study, after sessions of relaxation or spiritual support to see if there was any change in the two stages and between the two groups (ANOVA). At the end they will give a score from 0 to 10, or give their opinion on the experience of the meetings (Experience Rating Scale). During relaxation or spiritual support, the study participants should allow being recorded heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure (ANOVA); this will be done by means of a sensor (or electrode) as those used for ECG and results will appear on a monitor (monitor BM5).
Measured: Spirituality Scale of Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro assessed at up to 1 week
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 May 2013 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2013
- Primary completionDec 2013 (estimated)
- Study completionJun 2014 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Breast NeoplasmsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of Sao PauloThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 25 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Caroline Guilherme, University of Sao Paulo
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01866670
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 00896312.0.0000.5393
- Status last verified
- May 2013
- First submitted
- 17 May 2013
- Last updated
- 31 May 2013
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 31 May 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of the Nursing Intervention "Spiritual Support" in the Level of Spirituality and Clinical Parameters in Women With Breast Cancer: a Randomized Clinical Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01866670
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 00896312.0.0000.5393
- Conditions
- Breast Neoplasms
- Keywords
- spiritual distress, nursing, breast neoplasms
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 25 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Sao PauloUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2013
- Primary completion
- Dec 2013 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Jun 2014 (estimated)
- First posted
- 31 May 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Condition: patients with breast cancer. Intervention: spiritual support (relaxation + image guided + meditation) or relaxation in three consecutive meetings (day 2, 3 and 4), three days of intervention in the same week. The first day the participants will be evaluated if she meets the needs of the research and will answer questions about their indentification and spirituality.
Type of study: intervention Study design: randomized controlled trial Masking: blind study. Randomization: sequence generated by SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 15, organized in sealed envelopes by another qualified professional.
The research ends in 2014 jun.
Detailed description
People who attend the study sessions will participate in sessions of relaxation or of spiritual support depending on the group in which they were selected.
One way to see if there was influence of these activities for the person is measuring some factors such as heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure. The interventions will be conducted by the researcher and the data will be collected by a research assistant.
Before being accepted to participate in the study each participant will be evaluated if he/she meets the needs of the research (day 1); thus it will be observed if she has or not no physical condition to perform normal activities of daily life (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - ECOG/Scale Zubrod) like this and your cognitive ability ((Mini-Mental State Examination MMSE/Brucki et al. 2003); if the patient is performing another type of complementary therapy will be considered his/her temporary interruption during the study period (Sheet inclusion and monitoring).
After this assessment, women who can participate in the research will answer questions about their identification (Identification Card of the study participants). They will answer five questions about spirituality (Pinto; Pais-Ribeiro, 2007).On the day 2, 3 and 4, during relaxation or spiritual support,the study participants should allow being recorded heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure (ANOVA); this will be done by means of a sensor (or electrode) as those used for ECG and results will appear on a monitor (monitor BM5).
The sessions of relaxation or of spiritual support will be scheduled in three consecutive meetings in the same week, during the activities of the Teaching, Research and Rehabilitation Center for Mastectomized Women (REMA) of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing (EERP-USP).
The questionnaires also will be made at the end of the study (day 4), after sessions of relaxation or spiritual support to see if there was any change in the two stages and between the two groups (ANOVA). At the end they will give a score from 0 to 10, or give their opinion on the experience of the meetings (Experience Rating Scale).
Women who are selected to the sessions of relaxation may perform the activity of spiritual support in future schedules, if they want. It is necessary to participate of the selected activity, i.e., relaxation or spiritual support, and they cannot switch groups during the research.
The research ends in 2014 jun.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| spiritual support | Experimental | Behavioral: spiritual support-Spiritual Support: deep breathing + guided image + meditation Each patient will participate individually in three sequential meetings (A1, A2 and A3). In the experimental group, it will be developed the support spiritual intervention in all three meetings. In all meetings, namely A1, A2 and A3 the physiological parameters will be recorded (PA, SpO2, HR) through the monitor BM5. |
| relaxation therapy | Active comparator | Behavioral: relaxation therapyRelaxation Therapy Each patient will participate individually in three sequential meetings (A1, A2 and A3). In the control group, it will be performed just relaxing in all three meetings. In all meetings, namely A1, A2 and A3 the physiological parameters will be recorded (PA, SpO2, HR) through the monitor BM5. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Diagnosis of breast cancer (record of inclusion and monitoring);
- Patients in follow up treatment for breast cancer (record of inclusion and monitoring);
- Have more than 18 years (record of inclusion and monitoring);
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Present history of psychiatric disorders involving hallucinations (record of inclusion and monitoring).
- Present energy-reduction (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - ECOG/Zubrod Scale) - ECOG greater than 3
- Present decreased cognition (Mini-Mental State Examination MMSE/Brucki et al. 2003) - lower sum related to grade school.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| spiritual support-Spiritual Support: deep breathing + guided image + meditation | Behavioural | spiritual support |
| relaxation therapyRelaxation Therapy: deep breathing | Behavioural | relaxation therapy |
Primary outcome
spirituality
Time frame: Spirituality Scale of Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro assessed at up to 1 week
After this assessment, women who can participate in the research will answer questions about their identification (Identification Card of the study participants). They will answer five questions about spirituality (Pinto; Pais-Ribeiro, 2007); these questions also will be made at the end of the study, after sessions of relaxation or spiritual support to see if there was any change in the two stages and between the two groups (ANOVA). At the end they will give a score from 0 to 10, or give their opinion on the experience of the meetings (Experience Rating Scale). During relaxation or spiritual support, the study participants should allow being recorded heart rate, oxygen saturation and blood pressure (ANOVA); this will be done by means of a sensor (or electrode) as those used for ECG and results will appear on a monitor (monitor BM5).
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 31 May 2013.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing spiritual support and relaxation therapy in people with Breast Neoplasms, run by University of Sao Paulo at 1 site in Brazil.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 May 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Caroline Guilherme, PhD student (055(16)3602-3475, carolg@usp.br), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
spirituality (time frame: Spirituality Scale of Pinto and Pais-Ribeiro assessed at up to 1 week). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 May 2013.