Improving Psychosocial Quality of Life in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

Through a patient participation aid (PPA) the investigators hope to improve the psychosocial well-being of women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer by empowering them to be active participants in clinical encounters.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01811264

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

150

Starts

2013-12-01

Expected to finish

2017-05-19

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-14

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• female patients with metastatic breast cancer seeing one of the study physicians at one of the identified study clinics
• age 21 or older
• having suspected progression of metastatic disease

You may not qualify if…

• patients with an uncorrectable hearing impairment or having limited English proficiency, as this would adversely affect their ability to communicate with the physician
• patients with uncorrectable vision impairment, as this would make it impractical for the patient to read the intervention
• patients too ill to meaningfully converse with the physician

Where it is running

• H Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Feist-Weiller Cancer Center — Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

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