Verbal and Written Instruction Versus Verbal and Written Plus Simulation in Patients With Breast Cancer and Their Caregivers

Completed

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare two different ways of teaching people how to give injections at home. The first is what we do now, which is teaching patients and/or their caregivers verbally and by giving written instructions. The second is what we do now (verbal and written instructions) along with a demonstration and practice using a needle and an injection pad that feels similar to skin and fat. This is being done to find the best method for teaching people to give an injection at home.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01829984

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

51

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-09-04

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English speaking
• Over 18 years of age
• No history of performing injections
• Patient must be receiving pegfilgrastim during adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• Patient will have the pegfilgrastim administered at home either by self administering or by a caregiver.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient or caregiver desire to inject (with saline) during or immediately following the injection teaching
• Prior self-injection or injection administration experience of any type
• Patients with history of anaphylaxis or other severe reactions to latex
• Patients that required pegfilgrastim injection be administered in clinic

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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