Integrating Palliative Care Into Self-Management of Breast Cancer

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02148575

Enrollment

109

Registered

2014-05-28

Start date

2014-06-30

Completion date

2017-01-31

Last updated

2017-04-26

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Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Palliative Care, Self-management, Breast Cancer

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to test a psycho-educational intervention, Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide (MCC), that is intended to improve patients' knowledge of palliative care and to facilitate its timely integration into self-management of their breast cancer. The MCC will be tested with patients with Stage I-IV breast cancer at baseline, one, and three months following enrollment. The intervention group will receive the MCC, and the attention-control group will receive a symptom management toolkit. Participants' family caregivers will also be enrolled to provide information on patients' self-management. Investigators hypothesize that users of MCC, as compared to attention-control participants, will demonstrate improved knowledge, feelings, and behaviors related to self-management of their cancer care. This innovative research can help to establish palliative care as a mainstay of self-management interventions that target serious illnesses.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSelf-Management Group

BEHAVIORALSymptom Management Group

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

21 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Over the age of 21 * Stage I-IV breast cancer * Live in the State of Connecticut * Speak English * Receiving any kind of treatment for breast cancer * Prognosis of at least 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge of Care Options Test	1 month

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Medical Communication Competence Scale	1 month
Measurement of Transitions Scale	1 month
Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale	1 month
Control Preferences Scale	1 month
Uncertainty in Illness Scale	1 month
Health Care Utilization Form	3 months
Goals of Care Conversations Form	1 month
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale	1 month

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 13, 2026