Breast Cancer Pathways Program Impact on Patient Shared Decision Making and Experience in Academic and Community Practice

April 7, 2023 updated by: Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Breast Cancer Pathways Impact on Patient Shared Decision Making and Experience in Academic and Community Practice

This trial studies the impact of the breast cancer pathways program on the patient experience, including decision making and quality of life. Measuring how the breast cancer pathways program affects decision making and quality of life in patients may help doctors improve cancer education.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Evaluate the impact of breast cancer pathways on patient experience, burden of decision making and quality of life in tertiary cancer center and community oncology practice.

II. Identify modifiable factors that affect provider adoption of breast cancer pathways in tertiary cancer center and community oncology practice.

OUTLINE: Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 groups.

GROUP I: Participants receive standard chemotherapy educational materials. Participants also complete surveys over approximately 22 minutes at the time of first chemotherapy infusion, and approximately 8 weeks after first chemotherapy infusion.

GROUP II: Participants receive personalized information about their cancer, treatment, and side effects. Participants also complete surveys over approximately 22 minutes at the time of first chemotherapy infusion, and approximately 8 weeks after first chemotherapy infusion.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

174

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

    • New York
      • Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263
        • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Treatment includes intravenous chemotherapy for breast cancer for primary disease as neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, or for recurrent and/or metastatic cancer
  • Can provide consent
  • Are able to comprehend written materials in English or Spanish
  • Will receive their chemotherapy at Roswell Park sites in Buffalo or Amherst, New York (NY), or Roswell Park Oncology primary care (PC) sites in Niagara Falls, Amherst, West Seneca, or Jamestown NY

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Breast cancer patients receiving oral therapy alone
  • Patients who are not able to comprehend written materials in English or Spanish
  • Patients who will not receive chemotherapy at a Roswell Park site
  • Patients who are not able to comprehend written materials will not be included in this study, as the consent document will be administered in multiple infusion centers that cannot be all staffed daily with a research associate. The study instruments used are standardized tools that have been developed as best as possible with appropriate literacy levels
  • Patients enrolled in clinical trials for their breast chemotherapy will be excluded from this study because they will require alternative educational materials that are specific to the trial drugs being administered

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Group I (standard educational materials, surveys)
Participants receive standard chemotherapy educational materials. Participants also complete surveys over approximately 22 minutes at the time of first chemotherapy infusion, and approximately 8 weeks after first chemotherapy infusion.
Ancillary studies
Other Names:
  • Quality of Life Assessment
Complete surveys
Receive standard chemotherapy educational materials
Receive personalized information about cancer, treatment, and side effects
Experimental: Group II (personalized information, surveys)
Participants receive personalized information about their cancer, treatment, and side effects. Participants also complete surveys over approximately 22 minutes at the time of first chemotherapy infusion, and approximately 8 weeks after first chemotherapy infusion.
Ancillary studies
Other Names:
  • Quality of Life Assessment
Complete surveys
Receive standard chemotherapy educational materials
Receive personalized information about cancer, treatment, and side effects

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change in Patient quality of life
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Assessed by surveys.
Baseline and 8 weeks
Change in Patient quality of decision
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Assessed by surveys
Baseline and 8 weeks
Number of physician visits and diagnostic tests
Time Frame: Up to 2 years
Up to 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Stephen B Edge, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

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 6, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 30, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

August 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 27, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

March 5, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 10, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 7, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • I 60517 (Other Identifier: Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
  • NCI-2019-07900 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

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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