Involving Family to Improve Communication in Breast Cancer Care
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This study evaluates a multi-component communication intervention in the outpatient setting to strengthen communication among patients being actively treated for breast cancer and their support network of family members and friends. The intervention comprises: 1.) a patient-family agenda-setting checklist completed immediately before a regularly scheduled oncology visit, 2.) facilitated registration for the patient portal (for patient and family member, as desired by the patient), and 3.) education (as relevant) on access to clinician electronic visit notes. The study team will conduct a two-group randomized trial to examine feasibility of the protocol and to compare quality of communication with oncology providers, understanding of patient's cancer, confidence in managing patient's care and satisfaction with cancer care between patient-companion dyads who are in the intervention group (n=60) and patient-companion dyads who receive usual medical oncology care (n=60).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03283553
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 132 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 19, 2017
- Primary completion
- Jul 14, 2019
- Completion
- Nov 6, 2019
- Last update posted
- Mar 18, 2021
2017 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center - Medical Oncology | Baltimore | Maryland | 21231 | — |
| Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Green Spring Station - Medical Oncology | Lutherville | Maryland | 21093 | — |
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