Food for Thought - A Nutrition Intervention for Women Undergoing Active Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Biospecimen Collection, Cognitive Assessment, Dietary Intervention, Dietary Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma. Basic parameters: 40 years — 65 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Food for Thought - Pilot Study of a MIND Diet Intervention in Women Undergoing Active Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Overview
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn if a healthy eating pattern called the MIND eating plan can reduce cancer-related cognitive impairment (commonly called "chemobrain") and other symptoms commonly experienced by women with newly diagnosed stage II-III triple negative breast cancer as they go through chemotherapy. The symptoms that will be measured include changes in memory and mental function, fatigue, sleep quality, anxiety, and depression. Researchers will compare measures from women in the 12-week MIND eating plan virtual intervention to a general health coaching (GHC) virtual intervention to see if the MIND eating plan helps reduce symptoms. Women will be contacted for follow-up measures 6 months after the 12-week interventions. Women randomly assigned to the GHC at the beginning of the study will have the opportunity to complete the MIND intervention after the 6-month follow-up. All study sessions and measures are done remotely. Participants will: * Be randomized to MIND or GHC interventions * Complete all study measures remotely (by online questionnaires, virtual visits and mail ) * Attend 8 virtual sessions of about 15-60 minutes each over 12 weeks * Be sent some of the key foods in the MIND eating plan during the MIND intervention * Be contacted for follow-up measures 6 months after interventions
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate the efficacy of a remotely delivered, highly accessible, 3-month MIND diet intervention (MIND-Breast Cancer \[BC\]) versus (vs.) general health curriculum (GHC) control to reduce CRCI and associated neuropsychological symptoms in 60 racially and ethnically diverse women with clinical stage II-III TNBC.
II. Evaluate the sustainability of dietary changes and outcome measures 6-months post-intervention.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE:
I. Explore underlying mechanisms of the MIND-BC diet on CRCI and effects of early versus later participation in the dietary intervention.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients receive MIND counseling sessions over 30-60 minutes weekly for 4 weeks then over 15 minutes biweekly for 4 sessions over 8 weeks and follow a personalized diet for 12 weeks. Patients also wear a Fitbit and undergo dried blood spot collection on study and during follow up.
ARM II: Patients receive general health recommendations counseling sessions over 30-60 minutes weekly for 4 weeks then over 15 minutes biweekly for 4 sessions over 8 weeks. Patients also wear a Fitbit and undergo dried blood spot collection on study and during follow up. After 6 month follow-up, patients may receive the MIND counseling sessions as in Arm I.
After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 6 months.
Interventions
- Procedure Biospecimen Collection
Undergo dried blood spot collection - Procedure Cognitive Assessment
Ancillary studies - Other Dietary Intervention
Receive MIND counseling sessions - Other Dietary Intervention
Follow a personalized diet - Other Dietary Intervention
Receive general health recommendations counseling sessions - Other Medical Device Usage and Evaluation
Wear a Fitbit - Other Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Primary outcome measures
- Changes in Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, fourth edition (WAIS-IV) Digit Span score [Time frame: Baseline up to 6 months post-intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age 40-65 years
- Female with stage I-III triple negative breast cancer
- Less than or equal to 12 months from starting initial systemic cancer treatment (e.g. chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy) for TNBC
- Ability to access and use internet resources, including video calls using Zoom platform
- English speaking
Exclusion criteria
- History of dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain metastasis or other conditions that could lead to cognitive impairment
- Current healthy eating pattern reflected by high MIND diet score (e.g. >12)
- Unwilling/unable to eat \> 2 types of MIND food (e.g. avoids \& > 2 categories or food groups such as leafy greens, olive oil and non-fried fish)
- Currently pregnant
- Unable to give informed consent
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 2 centers
- Yale University — New Haven
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Columbus
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06582615 · OSU-23384 · NCI-2024-05451