Status:
COMPLETED
Verbal and Written Instruction Versus Verbal and Written Plus Simulation in Patients With Breast Cancer and Their Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare two different ways of teaching people how to give injections at home. The first is what we do now, which is teaching patients and/or their caregivers verbally a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- English speaking
- Over 18 years of age
- No history of performing injections
- Patient must be receiving pegfilgrastim during adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Patient will have the pegfilgrastim administered at home either by self administering or by a caregiver.
Exclusion
- Patient or caregiver desire to inject (with saline) during or immediately following the injection teaching
- Prior self-injection or injection administration experience of any type
- Patients with history of anaphylaxis or other severe reactions to latex
- Patients that required pegfilgrastim injection be administered in clinic
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
51 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01829984
Start Date
April 1 2013
End Date
September 1 2015
Last Update
September 4 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065