Additional Support Program Via Text Messaging and Telephone-Based Counseling for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Hormonal Therapy
Running, not enrolling · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, HER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma, Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Carcinoma, Invasive Breast Carcinoma, Prognostic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8
In brief
This phase III trial compares an additional support program (text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling) with usual care in making sure breast cancer patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed (medication adherence). Medication adherence is how well patients take the medication as prescribed by their doctors, and good medical adherence is when patients take medications correctly. Poor medication adherence has been shown to be a serious barrier to effective treatment for hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients. Adding text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling to usual care may increase the number of days that patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04379570
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 1167
- Starts
- 2021-02-15
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Fairbanks Memorial Hospital — Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Gilbert — Gilbert, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care-Peoria — Peoria, Arizona, United States
- Cancer Center at Saint Joseph's — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Phoenix — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Osborn — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care-Surprise — Surprise, Arizona, United States
- Mercy Hospital Fort Smith — Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Deer Valley Medical Center — Antioch, California, United States
- Mission Hope Medical Oncology - Arroyo Grande — Arroyo Grande, California, United States
- Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital — Auburn, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park — Baldwin Park, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California, United States
- UCSF Cancer Center - Berkeley — Berkeley, California, United States
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus — Berkeley, California, United States
- Enloe Medical Center — Chico, California, United States
- Adventist Health Cancer Care Center Chico — Chico, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Dublin — Dublin, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Fontana — Fontana, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Fremont — Fremont, California, United States
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Fremont — Fremont, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente-Fresno — Fresno, California, United States
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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