The Attitudes, Communication, Treatment and Support Intervention to Reduce Breast Cancer Treatment Disparity

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The ACTS (Attitudes, Communication, Treatment, Support) Intervention is a onetime, intensive psycho-educational intervention using a race-matched breast cancer survivor interventionist to: address Attitudes, including perceptions and stressors, that may impact adherence to clinical visits and treatment; encourage and model patient Communication with health care providers regarding physical and emotional needs, with attention to race-discordant situations; and provide tailored, understandable information about Treatment and its rationale. The Support component is threaded throughout the intervention via the presence of a race-matched breast cancer survivor and supportive video messages from the black community.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01184066

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

141

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• African American, as determined by patient self report on their demographic form completed at first medical oncology visit
• Female
• Age 18 or older
• Diagnosed with invasive breast cancer
• Recommended (prescribed) chemotherapy by participating medical oncologists

You may not qualify if…

• Impaired cognition, as determined by a score of less than 22 on the Mini Mental Status Exam
• An inability to understand English

Where it is running

• West Penn Allegheny Health System — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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