Status:
COMPLETED
Trial of the Effectiveness of a Nurse Education and Care Program for Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Chemotherapy
Lead Sponsor:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Collaborating Sponsors:
Health Service of Andalucia
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a nurse education and care program for patients with breast cancer, in terms of use of the health services, quality of life, satisfaction and se...
Detailed Description
Design: randomized controlled clinical trial with non-pharmacologic intervention. Subjects and setting of study: patients with breast cancer who initiate adjuvant, neoadjuvant or palliative chemothera...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with breast cancer who initiate adjuvant, neoadjuvant or palliative chemotherapy.
- Performance status 0-2 (ECOG).
- Outpatients.
- Normal hematopoietic, hepatic, renal, cardiac and lung functions.
- Must be able to sign the informed consent
Exclusion
- Contraindication for chemotherapy
- Inpatients
- Simultaneously radiotherapy and endocrine therapy.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
266 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00964522
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
March 1 2011
Last Update
June 22 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar
Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, 11009