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NCT03955991: VSMART

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

Completed Phase 4 Last updated 26 June 2025
What this trial tests

Phase 4 trial testing R-CBSM in Stress in 109 participants. Completed in 1 June 2024.

Timeline
21 July 2016
Primary endpoint
1 June 2024
1 June 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Miami
PhasePhase 4
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment109
Start date21 July 2016
Primary completion1 June 2024
Estimated completion1 June 2024
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Miami

Who can join

50 and older, female only, with Stress. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

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.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Predictors of initial engagement with an asynchronous cognitive behavioral stress management website among older women with nonmetastatic breast cancer.
    Walsh EA, Popok PJ, Ream M, Bainter S, et al · · 2023 · cited 3× · PMID 37452882 · DOI 10.1007/s00520-023-07939-5
  2. Elucidating mechanisms of quality-of-life disparities in Hispanic women with breast cancer: An examination of disease stage, coping, and affect.
    Ream ME, Pester MS, Goodman ZT, Bainter SA, et al · · 2021 · cited 2× · PMID 33300657 · DOI 10.1002/pon.5611
  3. Optimism, sleep quality, physical activity, and cancer-related cognitive impairment in middle-to-older aged patients undergoing breast cancer treatment.
    Hansen JL, Plotke R, Kanaya MR, Webster SN, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41049764 · DOI 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100626

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