Targeted Pain Coping Skills Training (PCST) for Prevention and Treatment of Persistent Post-Mastectomy Pain

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

This study looks at whether a coping skills training program can help women manage pain and stress after breast surgery, and lower the risk of developing chronic pain. This coping skills program includes eight training sessions that are done by telephone. These sessions will focus on strategies for dealing with pain and stress, and how to apply these strategies to subjects' own experiences.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02439437

Run by

Duke University

People needed

28

Starts

2015-10-08

Expected to finish

2020-01-06

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-01

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 99. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• prior diagnosis of Stage 0 to Stage III breast cancer
• received first breast surgery of total or partial mastectomy within the previous 9 months
• report average pain >/= 3 during the first 9 months after surgery on the Breast Cancer Pain Questionnaire
• with sufficient ability to communicate in English in order to provide informed consent and complete study procedures and materials.

You may not qualify if…

• < 21 years of age
• history of prior breast cancer surgery
• cognitive impairment documented in the medical record
• unable to provide meaningful consent

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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