The researchers are doing this study to compare two different types of group therapy and find out whether they are effective approaches for helping breast cancer survivors manage joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitors (AI). This type of joint pain is called AI-associated arthralgia, or AIA, and it is common in people taking AIs. AIA and its associated symptoms can make some people decide to stop taking their medication. The study will look at the effects of two different types of group therapy on participants' cancer-related symptoms (such as pain, fatigue, and anxiety), their ability to continue taking AIs on a regular schedule, and their quality of life. We will measure participants' quality of life by having them fill out questionnaires. Both groups will have 2-hour group therapy sessions once a week, over the course of 8 weeks. During the sessions, you will be in a group of 6-10 participants, who may be a mixture of patients from both MSK and University of California San Diego (UCSD).
Breast Cancer Survivor
The researchers are doing this study to compare two different types of group therapy and find out whether they are effective approaches for helping breast cancer survivors manage joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitors (AI). This type of joint pain is called AI-associated arthralgia, or AIA, and it is common in people taking AIs. AIA and its associated symptoms can make some people decide to stop taking their medication. The study will look at the effects of two different types of group therapy on participants' cancer-related symptoms (such as pain, fatigue, and anxiety), their ability to continue taking AIs on a regular schedule, and their quality of life. We will measure participants' quality of life by having them fill out questionnaires. Both groups will have 2-hour group therapy sessions once a week, over the course of 8 weeks. During the sessions, you will be in a group of 6-10 participants, who may be a mixture of patients from both MSK and University of California San Diego (UCSD).
Enhanced Pain Coping in Cancer (EPIC): A Study of Managing Treatment-Related Joint Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors
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University of California San Diego (Data collection and Data analysis), San Diego, California, United States, 92103
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32306
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities), Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities), Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities), Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities), Commack, New York, United States, 11725
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities), Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities), New York, New York, United States, 10065
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities), Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
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18 Years to
FEMALE
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Jun Mao, MD, MSCE, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2028-12