Views on Sharing Family Medical History in Healthy Women Undergoing Mammograms or Breast Evaluation

Patient Perspectives on Sharing Family Medical Histories

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00530751

Enrollment

Registered

2007-09-17

Start date

2007-03-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-10-02

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Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

breast cancer

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Learning about the concerns that individuals may have about providing family medical history online for genetic risk assessment or research may help doctors plan future research. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying views on sharing family medical history in healthy women undergoing mammograms or breast evaluation.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * To gain an initial understanding of the ethical, family, and related concerns that individuals may have when offered the option of providing family medical history online for genetic risk assessment or research. * To identify specific directions for future research into the ethics of online genetic risk assessment. OUTLINE: Participants undergo a 45-60 minute interview to assess their attitudes and concerns about providing family medical history online for genetic risk assessment or research. Participants' feelings about whether or not to use an online genetic assessment tool (i.e., Genetic Risk Easy Assessment Tool \[GREAT\]) are explored. The GREAT allows for the electronic creation, analysis, and dissemination of family histories of individuals who may be at risk for various types of cancer. Key factors influencing a participant's use of the tool, including concerns about confidentiality, privacy, informed consent, access to risk information, and security of online family history databases, are explored. Ethical issues regarding communication and agreement among family members on disclosing family medical history are also discussed.

Interventions

OTHERcounseling intervention

Participants undergo a 45-60 minute interview to assess their attitudes and concerns about providing family medical history online for genetic risk assessment or research. Participants' feelings about whether or not to use an online genetic assessment tool (i.e., Genetic Risk Easy Assessment Tool \[GREAT\]) are explored.

Study design

Observational model

FAMILY_BASED

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Healthy women undergoing mammograms or being evaluated for a breast concern at the University Hospitals Breast Center PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Able to speak English PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Participants' perspectives and concerns regarding online genetic risk assessment or research	—
Identification of directions for future research into the ethics of online genetic risk assessment or research	—

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026