IMPACT Trial: Intervention to iMProve AdherenCe Equitably

May 4, 2026 updated by: Dawn L. Hershman, Columbia University
To determine the efficacy of a multicomponent adherence intervention among participants with early-stage breast cancer on endocrine therapy and at least one oral cardiovascular disease (CVD) medication on adherence to endocrine therapy and to CVD medication at 24 weeks assessed by self-report using the Domains of Subjective Extent (DOSE)-Nonadherence questionnaire and also by pharmacy fill data assessed in the electronic health record (EHR).

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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350

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Recruiting
        • Columbia University Medical Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Dawn Hershman, MD

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 99 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women or men age >18 years
  • Diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer prescribed endocrine therapy
  • Within 3-years of the end of early active treatment (e.g., surgery, chemotherapy not including human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-directed therapy, radiation)
  • Patients must be prescribed at least 1 antihypertensive or statin medication for CVD prevention
  • Self-report of at least some nonadherence ET or CVD medication on DOSE-Nonadherence Extent of Nonadherence questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Evidence of breast cancer recurrence
  • Non-English or Non-Spanish speaking
  • Not cognitively able to complete study requirements
  • Do not follow with either a primary care provider or cardiologist within the New York Presbyterian Health system's Epic EHR
  • Inability to provide informed consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Adherence Intervention
Multicomponent Adherence Intervention
Behavioral: Multicomponent Adherence Intervention
The adherence intervention will be comprised of a participant preference approach in which all participants undergo a baseline pharmacist-led medication optimization session and are offered training in how to use the patient portal and freely-available smartphone reminder app.
Other: Usual Care
Usual Care from treating providers
Other: Usual Care
Receipt of usual care from providers

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Adherent to Endocrine Therapy (ET) and CVD Medication at 24 Weeks
Time Frame: 24 Weeks
Adherence to ET and CVD medication is a composite of both medication refills at 24 weeks (proportion of days covered (PDC) ≥80%) and self-report of taking the medication (as per DOSE-Nonadherence questionnaire; 3-item questionnaire in which participants with perfect adherence on each item will be categorized as adherent). Participants will be categorized as adherent if they have medication available by pharmacy fills and report being adherent to taking their pills day-today via self report.
24 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Adherent to ET and CVD Medication at 52 Weeks
Time Frame: 52 Weeks
Adherence to ET and CVD medication is a composite of both medication refills at 52 weeks (proportion of days covered (PDC) ≥80%) and self-report of taking the medication (as per DOSE-Nonadherence questionnaire; 3-item questionnaire in which participants with perfect adherence on each item will be categorized as adherent). Participants will be categorized as adherent if they have medication available by pharmacy fills and report being adherent to taking their pills day-today via self report.
52 Weeks
Change in blood pressure at 24 weeks
Time Frame: Baseline to 24 weeks
To compare office blood pressure changes from baseline to 24 weeks
Baseline to 24 weeks
Change in blood pressure at 52 weeks
Time Frame: Baseline to 52 weeks
To compare office blood pressure changes from baseline to 52 weeks
Baseline to 52 weeks
Change in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
Time Frame: Baseline to 52 weeks
To compare changes in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from baseline to 52 weeks.
Baseline to 52 weeks
Changes in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 at 24 weeks
Time Frame: Baseline and 24 weeks
To evaluate changes in healthcare related quality of life (HRQOL), measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 at baseline and 24 weeks. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) 29 is a well-validated assessment tool that includes 29 questions evaluating 7 domains including physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep, social functioning, and pain interference (which is often associated with ET adherence). Several of these measures have been important determinants of medication adherence and have the potential to moderate intervention effects.
Baseline and 24 weeks
Changes in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 at 52 weeks
Time Frame: Baseline and 52 weeks
To evaluate changes in healthcare related quality of life (HRQOL), measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 at baseline and 52 weeks. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) 29 is a well-validated assessment tool that includes 29 questions evaluating 7 domains including physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep, social functioning, and pain interference (which is often associated with ET adherence). Several of these measures have been important determinants of medication adherence and have the potential to moderate intervention effects.
Baseline and 52 weeks
Changes in Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) at 24 Weeks
Time Frame: Baseline and 24 weeks
To compare participants' satisfaction with their medication regimens as measured by the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM). The 14-item TSQM Version 1.4 is a reliable and valid instrument to assess participants' satisfaction with medication, providing scores on four scales - side effects, effectiveness, convenience and global satisfaction.
Baseline and 24 weeks
Changes in Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) at 52 Weeks
Time Frame: Baseline and 52 weeks
To compare participants' satisfaction with their medication regimens, as measured by the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM). The 14-item TSQM Version 1.4 is a reliable and valid instrument to assess participants' satisfaction with medication, providing scores on four scales - side effects, effectiveness, convenience and global satisfaction.
Baseline and 52 weeks
Changes in Medical Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) at 24 Weeks
Time Frame: Baseline and 24 weeks
To compare participants' self-efficacy with their medication regimens as measured by the Medical Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) at baseline and 24 weeks. MASES is a 13-item form, 12 of the items ask about confidence in ability to make medication adherence part of daily routine. The total scale ranges from 1-4, and it is an average score of all 13 items.
Baseline and 24 weeks
Changes in the Medical Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) at 52 Weeks
Time Frame: Baseline and 52 weeks
To compare participants' self-efficacy with their medication regimens as measured by the Medical Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) at baseline and 52 weeks. MASES is a 13-item form, 12 of the items ask about confidence in ability to make medication adherence part of daily routine. The total scale ranges from 1-4, and it is an average score of all 13 items.
Baseline and 52 weeks
Change in Regimen Complexity
Time Frame: Baseline and at 52 weeks
To evaluate regimen complexity at baseline and at 52 weeks. This will be extracted through manual chart review from the EHR. The investigators will extract total number of prescription medications and frequency of dosing for CVD medications as ET is once daily.
Baseline and at 52 weeks
Subject reasons using the DOSE-Nonadherence reasons for nonadherence questionnaire
Time Frame: at baseline
To evaluate reasons for medication nonadherence at baseline using the DOSE-Nonadherence reasons for nonadherence questionnaire
at baseline
Reasons for Medication Non-adherence using the DOSE-Nonadherence Reasons for Nonadherence Questionnaire at 24 Weeks
Time Frame: 24 weeks
To evaluate reasons for medication nonadherence at 24 weeks using the DOSE-Nonadherence reasons for nonadherence questionnaire. The DOSE-Nonadherence Reasons for Nonadherence questionnaire asks how much 21 reasons for nonadherence contribute to missing doses such as trouble affording medications, insufficient social support, complexity of regimen, and concerns about adverse effects. This will be used to assess the effect of the intervention on barriers to adherence.
24 weeks
Reasons for Medication Non-adherence using the DOSE-Nonadherence Reasons for Nonadherence Questionnaire at 52 Weeks
Time Frame: 52 weeks
To evaluate reasons for medication nonadherence at 52 weeks using the DOSE-Nonadherence reasons for nonadherence questionnaire. The DOSE-Nonadherence Reasons for Nonadherence questionnaire asks how much 21 reasons for nonadherence contribute to missing doses such as trouble affording medications, insufficient social support, complexity of regimen, and concerns about adverse effects. This will be used to assess the effect of the intervention on barriers to adherence.
52 weeks
Impact of events using the Impact of Events Scale (IES)
Time Frame: Baseline
To evaluate the impact of events using the Impact of Events Scale (IES) to evaluate intrusive and avoidant thoughts about participant's underlying breast cancer diagnosis at baseline. IES is a 15-item scale which queries intrusive and avoidant thoughts about a distressing event (breast cancer) in the past 7 days (similar to post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] symptoms). Each item has a scoring range of 0 (not at all)-5(often). This scale has been associated with disparities in ET and CVD medication nonadherence
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Columbia University

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Dawn Hershman, MD, Columbia University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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March 2, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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March 31, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
March 31, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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June 17, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 9, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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August 11, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 6, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 4, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • AAAT8817
  • 1P50MD017341 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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