Nuevo Amanecer II: Translating a Stress Management Program for Latinas

Summary

The primary aim is to assess the effectiveness of the Nuevo Amanecer-II (NA-II) cognitive-behavioral stress management program through a 6-month RCT with 150 Spanish-speaking Latinas with breast cancer in three rural settings in terms of improving quality of life (QoL) and reducing distress, compared to a usual care control group (that is offered the program at the end of the 6 months). The investigators will also test the effects of the program on biomarkers of stress (hair and saliva cortisol) and aging (telomere length from saliva). Trained Latinas, called Compañeras (Companions), who have had breast cancer deliver the stress management program in-person to Spanish-speaking Latinas with breast cancer.

Conditions

• Breast Neoplasms
• Psychology, Social

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nuevo Amancer-II Stress Management Program

Participant meets weekly with a trained interventionist called a Compañera (a peer who has had breast cancer) to complete a structured 10-week program designed to develop cognitive and behavioral skills to manage stress and distress, improve communication with family and clinicians, and increase knowledge of self-management after breast cancer.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• California Breast Cancer Research Program

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

  collaborator NIH

• Circulo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Cancer Resource Center of the Desert

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Family Service Agency of the Central Coast

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Kaweah Delta Health Care District

  collaborator OTHER

• San Francisco State University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, San Francisco

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Steven Gregorich, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-09-30

Primary Completion

2018-10-31

Completion

2019-02-28

Countries

• United States