Cardiovascular Health Education Via Virtual Reality for Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Anthracyclines or Trastuzumab - Phase 2
Virginia Commonwealth University
Summary
The main goal of this study is to test a virtual reality (VR) program, Survivors' Virtual Reality Survivorship Experience (SurviVRSE), designed to help Breast Cancer survivors (n=30) learn about heart health. The aims are to test the usability, feasibility, and acceptability o the intervention. Additionally, follow-up assessments will examine changes in women's cancer therapy related cardiac dysfunction knowledge and heart healthy behaviors (e.g., physical activity).
Description
The long-term goal is to develop multilevel interventions and inform practice guidelines that mitigate the cancer therapy related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) burden in breast cancer survivors. The overall objective of this of this application is to develop and test a virtual reality (VR) intervention to educate breast survivors about their risk of developing CTRCD following treatment and about behavioral approaches to potentially mitigate risk. VR is emerging as an effective method for improving health-related knowledge, specifically in the context of CTRCD and cardiovascular risk factors, by…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older * Able to speak and read in English * Actively receiving Trastuzumab or an anthracycline-based treatment * Diagnosed with stages 0-III Breast Cancer Exclusion Criteria: \- History of prior Breast Cancer diagnosis (i.e., not their first breast cancer diagnosis)
Interventions
- BehavioralCardiovascular Health Education and Gaming through Virtual Reality
Prior to engaging the intervention, participants will complete a baseline survey. The virtual reality intervention will be delivered at one infusion treatment. Participants will complete all education modules and affiliated games. The education focuses on potentially cardiotoxic treatments (e.g., anthracyclines), ways to identify cancer treatment related cardiovascular dysfunction, and heart healthy behaviors that survivors can initiate during survivorship. Following the intervention participants will complete a survey similar to the baseline survey. One-month following the intervention participants will complete one final survey.
Locations (3)
- Adult Outpatient PavilionRichmond, Virginia
- Cellular Immunotherapies and Transplant DepartmentRichmond, Virginia
- VCU Health at Stony PointRichmond, Virginia