VSMART (Video-Conference Stress Management and Relaxation Training for Older Women With Breast Cancer)

Phase 4 Completed 109 enrolled University of Miami Florida Department of Health · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The proposed study tests the effects of a novel remotely-delivered group cognitive behavioral stress management (R-CBSM) intervention on improving health and quality of life in older women undergoing breast cancer (BCa) treatment. This study tests if delivered home-based group CBSM (R-CBSM) improves response to influenza vaccine (IV) in parallel with improved psychological adaptation, inflammation and other immune functioning indicators in older women treated for BCa.

Timeline

Start: 2016-07-21
Primary completion: 2024-06-01
Completion: 2024-06-01

Publications

Saez-Clarke E, Walsh EA, Lovan P, Plotke R, Ream M, Popok P, Perdomo D, Blomberg B, Antoni MH. Distress tolerance and perceived cancer-related cognitive impairment in nonmetastatic breast cancer. Health Psychol. 2025 Feb;44(2):166-170. doi: 10.1037/hea0001417. Epub 2024 Sep 23.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Background	Influenza Virus Vaccine	Vaccine	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.