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The Effects of Cosmetic Care on Body Image in Young Chinese Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

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What is being tested

Cosmetic care

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

From 25 to 40 Years
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How is the trial designed

Supportive Care Study

Interventional
Study Start: January 2015
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Summary

Principal SponsorZhenqi Lu
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: January 3, 2015

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Background: The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer may still bring severe psychological trauma to women. Cosmetic care is an effective measure to enhance patients' psychosocial functioning, which can help cancer patients cope with disfigurement-related adverse effects. Objectives: This study aimed to explore the effects of cosmetic care on body image (BI), and social avoidance and distress (SAD) in young Chinese breast cancer patients, aged 18-40 years old, receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. Study design: This was a prospective, 2-arm quasi-experimental study, comprising two groups: the controlled group and the interventional group. In order to avoid interference, the two groups of participants were recruited at different periods. The control group was recruited from Jan 2015 to Mar 2015, and the intervention group was recruited from January 2016 to September 2017. All participants came from the department of a breast surgery in Shanghai, China. Control condition: Participants in the control group received usual care during adjuvant chemotherapy. Intervention: Participants in the intervention group received cosmetic care in combination with usual care. Ethical approval: Ethical approval of this study was obtained from the ethical committee of a cancer center in Shanghai. The approval number was 1403132-2. Informed consent was explained to the participants and the forms were signed by them. Data analyses: The IBM SPSS 22.0 was used to analyze all the data.

Official TitleThe Effects of Cosmetic Care on Body Image in Young Chinese Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
NCT04733482
Principal SponsorZhenqi Lu
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

76 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Supportive Care Study

These studies explore ways to improve comfort and daily life for people living with a condition. They may focus on easing symptoms, reducing treatment side effects, or supporting overall well-being.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 25 to 40 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

4 inclusion criteria required to participate
Primary breast cancer patients
Aged 18-40 years old, who received surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy in our department
No prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Being available to communicate by the novel social application "Wechat"
4 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Diagnosis of psychiatric or intellectual impairment
Having a history of neoadjuvant therapy
Having distant metastasis
ECOG<2

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Participants in the intervention group received cosmetic care in combination with usual care. The cosmetic care was a 3-hour, free-of-charge beauty activity, including face moisturizing steps, make-up, wigs, and breast prostheses wearing. It was provided by professional cosmeticians at a cosmetic training base before the patients finished half of their chemotherapy cycle.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center

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CompletedOne Study Center