Talking to Employers and Medical Staff About Breast Cancer Treatment and Your Job
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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer
In brief
The purpose of this study is learn more about how being treated for breast cancer affects patients' employment. Researchers are testing an early version of a mobile app designed to help breast cancer patients keep their jobs during and after treatment. The app provides advice for patients to use when having conversations about breast cancer with their employers and their doctors. The app is called TEAMWork (Talking to Employers And Medical staff about Work). In this study, the investigators are asking breast cancer patients who are about to receive treatment or who are currently receiving treatment to tell us what aspects of the app work well, so that they can learn how to improve it.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03572374
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 546
- Starts
- 2019-08-30
- Expected to finish
- 2029-10-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient Usability Testing Inclusion Criteria:
- History of a cancer diagnosis
- At least 18 years of age
- Male or Female
- The ability to give informed consent in English or Spanish
- Able to use and read a smartphone (iPhone or Android)
- Has a smartphone (iPhone or Android)
- Community Usability Testing Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 18 years of age
- Male or Female
- The ability to give informed consent in English or Spanish
- Able to use and read a smartphone (iPhone or Android)
- Has a smartphone (iPhone or Android)
- Focus Group and Interview Inclusion Criteria:
- Completed chemotherapy treatment for stage I-III breast cancer.
- Age 18 to 64 (inclusive)
- Female
- Paid employment (full time or part time) in the three months prior to diagnosis or at time of consent to MSK protocol #10-071 (PI: Blinder)
- The ability to give informed consent in English or Spanish
- Able to use and read a smartphone (iPhone or Android)
- Has a smartphone (iPhone or Android)
- For Cohort 2:
- Participants was covered by Emergency Medicaid at the time of diagnosis and/or at any point during their treatment for breast cancer
- RCT Inclusion Criteria:
- Localized invasive breast cancer (not stage 0 or stage IV) per EMR or breast cancer (not stage 0 or stage IV) per self-report for community participants
You may not qualify if…
- RCT Exclusion Criteria:
- Stage 0 breast cancer (DCIS only)
- Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer
- Recurrence with metastases of breast cancer
- Participants or family members who are participating in MSK IHCD studies related to social determinants of health
Where it is running
- Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent and Follow-up) — Middletown, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent and Follow up) — Montvale, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent and Follow-up) — Harrison, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital — Jamaica, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent and Follow-up) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
- Bellevue Hospital Center (Data Collection Only) — New York, New York, United States
- Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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