Component and Couple Analysis of Cancer Communications

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Component and Couple Analysis of Cancer Communication CHESS, the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System is an innovative technology that provides information, social support and skills training to women with breast cancer. Previous CHESS clinical trials found improved patient outcomes but little is known about what services in CHESS produce those results. This study will examine whether breast cancer patient outcomes change when conceptually distinct CHESS services (information, social support, and skills training) are systematically added to a patients treatment resources. Primary Aims: Determine the relative efficacies of different types of cancer communication treatments when they are presented alone or in combination Determine routes or processes via which these elements work Determine for whom the different treatment types work best.

Official Title
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Component and Couple Analysis of Cancer Communications

Conditions
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Breast Cancer

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: CHESS (Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System)
* Behavioral: CHESS
* Behavioral: CHESS


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Eligibility for this protocol is as follows: All subjects must be within 2 months of their primary breast cancer diagnosis, All subjects must be at least 18 years of age, All subjects must be able to read and write English at the 6th-grade level Not homeless

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: 1<br>subjects receive internet access and computer | |
| Experimental: 2<br>CHESS informational services only | Behavioral: CHESS<br>* informational services of CHESS available to subject<br>|
| Experimental: 3<br>CHESS social support and informational services | Behavioral: CHESS<br>* CHESS informational services and social support available to subject<br>|
| Experimental: 4<br>Full CHESS | Behavioral: CHESS (Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System)<br>* Full CHESS for subject use<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient Quality of Life |  | monthly | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emotional Well-being |  | monthly | 
| Self Efficacy |  | monthly | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Breast Cancer, Internet, Computer, Support, Information, Education, Control Group: Usual care and Internet access, CHESS Information Services only, CHESS Social Support & Information Services, CHESS Information, Social Support & Skills Services