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ADIE-BC - Aligning Dimensions of Interoceptive Experience in Breast Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: King's College London
Summary
A breast cancer diagnosis can lead to significant anxiety, and for many survivors, this anxiety continues well beyond the end of treatment. While standard anxiety therapies are helpful for some, these therapies often fall short for breast cancer survivors due to an individual's unique experience-particularly changes in how survivors perceive and relate to the body, a process known as interoception. The study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a novel interoceptive training approach called ADIE Therapy. ADIE Therapy trains participants to better recognise bodily signals, and has shown promising results in reducing anxiety in non-cancer populations. The aim of the study is to assess the acceptability and feasibility of ADIE Therapy for breast cancer survivors.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2025-06-13
Completion Date
2026-03
Last Updated
2026-01-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Interoceptive training
There will be 6 interoceptive training sessions. Each training session will comprise two blocks, between which participants will undergo a self-paced, light physical activity that aims to enhance heartbeat perception and lasts 2 to 3 minutes. During the pre- and post-exercise block, each participant will complete cardiac interoceptive tasks, and for each trial, note their confidence in their answer on a visual analogue scale and then be given accurate feedback about their objective heartbeat perception accuracy, relative to their objective accuracy.
Locations (1)
King's College London
London, United Kingdom