Psychosocial Outcomes and Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM)

May 19, 2026 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Treatment Decisions and Breast Cancer: Psychosocial Outcomes

The goal of this research study is to learn more about how different treatment decisions may influence the quality of life in women with breast cancer. Researchers want to use what is learned from this study to help future patients with breast cancer to be more informed when making treatment decisions.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

With your verbal permission, you may have been asked to complete a questionnaire about your surgical treatment preferences for breast cancer as part of initial screening for this study. This takes about 5 minutes to complete.

If you agree to participate in this study, during the same visit you will complete a questionnaire about your background, such as your education level, marital status, and family history of cancer. This should take about 3 minutes to complete.

You will also be asked to complete a questionnaire about your surgery decisions and your feelings about those decisions at the following times: around the time you enroll in study before your surgery, and again about 1, 6, and 12 months after the surgery is completed. This questionnaire should take about 30-40 minutes to complete each time. You may complete this questionnaire at the clinic or you may complete it at home. If you chose to complete the questionnaire at home, you will be given a postage-paid envelope to mail it back to the study staff.

Length of Study:

After you complete all of the questionnaires, your participation in this study will be over.

This is an investigational study.

A total of up to 345 participants will be enrolled in this study. Up to 245 will take part at MD Anderson and up to 100 will take part at Kelsey-Seybold.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

345

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Kelsey-Seybold

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Breast cancer patients seen at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and at Kelsey Seybold Clinic.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Newly diagnosed ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or Stage I-III sporadic unilateral invasive breast cancer
  2. Age 18 or older
  3. Able to speak, read, and write English.
  4. Spouse/Partner: Married or living with patient for a year or more
  5. Spouse/Partner: Age 18 or older
  6. Spouse/Partner: Able to speak, read, and write English

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with previous breast cancer
  2. Prior history of prophylactic mastectomy
  3. Known to have a germline gene mutation that predisposes them to an increased risk of breast cancer (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2), and/or if they are considered at high risk for contralateral breast cancer on the basis of a strong family history of cancer

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) Group
Group of women who decide to have contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) along with scheduled mastectomy. Screening questionnaire completed at baseline. Surgery decision questionnaires completed at surgical consult visit, and at 1, 6, and 12 months after the surgery is completed.
Behavioral: Questionnaires
Screening questionnaire completed at baseline. Surgery decision questionnaires completed at surgical consult visit, and at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months after the surgery is completed.
Other Names:
  • Surveys
No Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) Group
Group of women who decide not to have contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) performed during scheduled mastectomy. Screening questionnaire completed at baseline. Surgery decision questionnaires completed at surgical consult visit, and at 1, 6, and 12 months after unilateral mastectomy or breast conserving surgery is completed.
Behavioral: Questionnaires
Screening questionnaire completed at baseline. Surgery decision questionnaires completed at surgical consult visit, and at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months after the surgery is completed.
Other Names:
  • Surveys

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Psychosocial Outcomes of CPM Versus no CPM: Cancer Distress Score
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months post surgery, up to 18 months. Survey administered at 1, 6, 12 months following surgery.
Cancer-specific distress was measured with the Impact of Events Scale (IES) to assess 2 common categories of responses to stressful events: intrusion and avoidance. The IES scale consists of 15 items. For the intrusion category (7 items), participants are asked to rate the items on a 4 point scale: 0 (not at all), 1 (rarely), 3 (sometimes), and 5 (often) and the sum is the total score (complete range is 0 to 35). For the avoidance category (8 items), participants are asked to rate the items on a 4 point scale: 0 (not at all), 1 (rarely), 3 (sometimes), and 5 (often) and the sum is the total score (complete range 0 to 40). The total cancer-specific distress score is the sum of the total intrusion score and the total avoidance score (complete range is 0 to 75). The total distress score was averaged for surveys completed at each time point. Higher mean scores indicate greater cancer-specific distress.
Baseline to 12 months post surgery, up to 18 months. Survey administered at 1, 6, 12 months following surgery.
Psychosocial Outcomes of CPM Versus no CPM: Satisfaction With Decision
Time Frame: One to 12 months post surgery, up to 18 months. Survey administered at 1, 6, 12 months following surgery.
The Satisfaction with Decision Scale (SWD) scale measures women's satisfaction with their surgery decision using the SWD six-item survey with a five-point scale where 1 is "strongly disagree" and 5 is "strongly agree" and the sum is the total score (complete range 6 to 30). The total satisfaction with decision score was averaged for surveys completed at each time point. Higher mean scores indicate greater satisfaction with the treatment decision.
One to 12 months post surgery, up to 18 months. Survey administered at 1, 6, 12 months following surgery.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborators

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Abenaa M. Brewster, MD, MHS, BS, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 24, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2016

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 30, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 8, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 8, 2014

First Posted (Estimated)

October 13, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 8, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2026

Last Verified

May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2013-0752 (Institutional Review Board)
  • NCI-2020-07371 (Other Identifier: NCI-CTRP Clinical Trials Process Registry)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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