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The Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners Online Research Together (SUPORT) Project

The SUPORT Project: Leveraging Social Connection by Including Informal Caregivers in an Internet Video Conference-based Compassion Meditation Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Breast Cancer Survivors

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Breast cancer survivors:

Inclusion Criteria:

* biological sex: woman
* able to speak and understand English
* have a diagnosis of a breast cancer
* have completed primary curative cancer treatments (i.e., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) except for hormonal therapies (e.g., aromatase inhibitors) or trastuzumab a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 5 years before starting CBCT or the control
* have a supportive partner (aka caregiver) who can participate with them

Exclusion Criteria:

* nursing home resident
* have ongoing (1 or more meditation sessions per week) or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e., more than two meditation sessions \[completed or attempted\] per year, either with a group or individually, to be evaluated by the Principal Investigator)

Supportive partners (aka informal caregivers)

Inclusion Criteria:

* named by the survivor
* live in the same household as the survivor
* able to speak and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

* have ongoing (1 or more meditation sessions per week) or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e., more than two meditation sessions \[completed or attempted\] per year, either with a group or individually, to be evaluated by the Principal Investigator)

About the study

Many breast cancer survivors (estimated 70% in some studies) experience clinically significant depression and/or anxiety in the months and years after finishing cancer treatments. This research will build on the rigor of prior research to reduce breast cancer survivor depression and anxiety with a compassion meditation intervention called CBCT (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) for online synchronous delivery that is also inclusive of informal caregivers (i.e., adult family members who live with and typically provide half the care for survivors, aka supportive partners).

What is being tested

• Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Survivors (behavioral)
• Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Dyads (behavioral)
• Health Education (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Arizona · Participants: 452 · Started: Mar 20, 2023

Contact the study team

• Tausif Chowdhury · Phone: 520-621-8809

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05676255

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.