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Telephone-Based Genetic Counseling or Standard Genetic Counseling in Women at Risk of Carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation

NCT00287898 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 669

Last updated 2017-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Genetic counseling may work as well over the telephone as it does in-person. It is not yet known whether genetic counseling by telephone is more effective than standard (in-person) genetic counseling in women at risk of carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying telephone-based genetic counseling to see how well it works compared to standard (in-person) genetic counseling in women at risk of carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone Genetic Counseling

Participants will receive all genetic counseling via telephone

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

subjects will receive standard in-person genetic counseling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Georgetown University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marc Schwartz, PhD · Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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