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A Skills-based Intervention for Promoting Resilience in Stress Management for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer, PRISM-MBC Trial

Trial Status: active

This clinical trial evaluates the impact of a remotely delivered resilience intervention, Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM), on social, psychological, and biologic outcomes of Black women with a recent diagnosis of breast cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Black women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) often survive for less time after metastatic diagnosis, compared to White women with similar disease. Black women may also have more rapid declines in quality of life over this period. Social barriers in accessing care and stress may play a role in these health outcomes. Interventions to reduce stress and optimize resilience during treatment of MBC may improve quality of life and even improve disease outcomes. PRISM is a brief, skills-based intervention targeting 4 core resilience resources (stress-management, goal-setting and problem-solving, positive re-appraisals of stressors, and meaning-making or benefit-finding) followed by an optional family session where recipients can share what they learned with loved ones and an optional session supporting advanced care planning. Participating in PRISM sessions may help improve quality of life and improves disease outcomes in Black women with MBC.