Comparing (SIS.NET) to Standard Care in Patients Who Have Completed the Acute Phase of Treatment for Early Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

This is a pilot study that will compare two systems of breast cancer follow up care and will evaluate a number of parameters indicating quality and efficiency of care delivery as well as patient satisfaction with care. Approximately 100 breast cancer patients who have completed the acute phase of treatment will be randomized to one of two follow up care plans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01308775

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

102

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-09

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients diagnosed with Stage I to Stage III breast cancer that have completed their acute phase of treatment. (This includes surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or any experimental therapies offered in a clinical trial as adjuvant treatment.)
• Patients who received chemotherapy must be 6 months out from completion of chemotherapy.
• For patients who receive adjuvant hormonal therapy (with or without prior chemotherapy), patients must be 3 months out from initiation of hormonal therapy.
• For patients who do not receive adjuvant chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, patients must be 3 months out from surgery and radiation therapy.
• Patients must have recovered from all serious side effects of acute phase of treatment for breast cancer.
• Patients must be willing to complete symptom reporting questionnaires at the intervals assigned by their care group.
• Patients must have hematologic, cardiac, hepatic, and renal function that are back to their pre-treatment values.
• Patient must be able to read and speak English sufficiently to complete symptom reporting questionnaires and discuss details of symptoms and health status over the telephone.
• Patient must have access to a computer on which to complete the on-line surveys or must be willing to come to the UCSF Cancer Resource Center to complete questionnaires at the intervals assigned by their care group.

You may not qualify if…

• History of severe depression or an anxiety disorder that is felt to interfere with a patient's ability to accurately self-report symptoms.
• Complications from breast surgery or reconstruction, or from chemotherapy or radiation that may require regular ongoing clinic visits for physical and/or laboratory evaluation.

Where it is running

• UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States

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