Standard Genetic Counseling With or Without a Decision Guide in Improving Communication Between Mothers Undergoing BRCA1/2 Testing and Their Minor-Age Children
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer (brca1, brca2)
In brief
RATIONALE: A study that evaluates the support of a decision guide used together with genetic counseling may improve communication between mothers undergoing BRCA1/2 testing and their minor-age children. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying standard genetic counseling given together with a decision guide to see how well it works compared with genetic counseling alone in improving communication between mothers undergoing BRCA1/2 testing and their minor-age children.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00685256
- Run by
- Georgetown University
- People needed
- 245
- Starts
- 2008-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-05-17
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 120. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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