Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Psychosocial Quality of Life in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Collaborating Sponsors:
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Through a patient participation aid (PPA) the investigators hope to improve the psychosocial well-being of women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer by empowering them to be active participants in...
Detailed Description
The team has developed a brief Patient Participation Aid (PPA) to promote patient health literacy and encourage women to be active in the decisions that are being made about their healthcare which wil...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- female patients with metastatic breast cancer seeing one of the study physicians at one of the identified study clinics
- age 21 or older
- having suspected progression of metastatic disease
Exclusion
- patients with an uncorrectable hearing impairment or having limited English proficiency, as this would adversely affect their ability to communicate with the physician
- patients with uncorrectable vision impairment, as this would make it impractical for the patient to read the intervention
- patients too ill to meaningfully converse with the physician
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 19 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01811264
Start Date
December 1 2013
End Date
May 19 2017
Last Update
July 14 2017
Active Locations (2)
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1
H Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
2
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71103