Study of Barriers to Beginning and Finishing Treatment for Patients With Breast Cancer

NCT00937989 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2015-06-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Gathering information about barriers to receiving breast cancer treatment may help doctors learn more about improving the treatment process and improve patients' quality of life.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying barriers to beginning and finishing treatment for patients with breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention

Occurs weekly during the first 8 weeks of the study and thereafter a minimum of monthly through the 9th month of the study.

OTHER

informational intervention

Occurs weekly during the first 8 weeks of the study and thereafter a minimum of monthly through the 9th month of the study.

OTHER

medical chart review

Baseline, 3, 6 and 9 months after starting the study

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Baseline, 3, 6 and 9 months after starting the study

OTHER

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Baseline, 3, 6 and 9 months after starting the study

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Baseline, 3, 6 and 9 months after starting the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • City of Hope Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Crane-Okada, PhD · City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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