PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a blended e-health intervention to manage fear of progression (FOP) in patients with stage III or IV gynecologic (GYN) or breast cancer.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the effects of the intervention on reducing fear of cancer progression (FOP) (primary outcome) and improving secondary outcomes of distress, anxiety, metacognitions, and mindfulness.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients receive access to the Day by Day platform that includes patient partner videos, testimonials, handouts and a community forum. Patients may optionally utilize these resources for 6 weeks. Patients attend online group sessions, over 60 minutes, for every other week for 3 sessions and complete online educational sessions on values clarification, managing worry and unhelpful thoughts, and skills practices to promote healthy coping on alternate weeks for 3 sessions. Patients complete a check in call, for 15-20 minutes, at week 3-4. Patients are asked to practice the skills including attention training, mindfulness, worry postponement, guided imagery and other practices from the intervention for 10-12 minutes, at least 6 days per week for and track their practice on the Day to Day platform for 6 weeks. Patients may be loaned a tablet if needed for 6 weeks.
ARM II: Patients receive access to the Empower Hope platform. Patients attend online group sessions, over 60 minutes, for every other week for 3 sessions and complete online educational sessions on clinical trial participation, identifying reliable online information, healthy living on nutrition and activity/exercise and coping with fatigue on alternate weeks for 3 sessions. Patients complete a check in call, for 15-20 minutes, at week 3-4. Patients may be loaned a tablet if needed for 6 weeks.
After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 12 weeks.
