Breast Neoplasms
Conditions
Brief summary
In breast oncology, the increasing number of oral and intravenous drug therapies pose great challenges for patient management. Numerous studies demonstrate that well-informed patients develop higher confidence in their treatment and a greater sense of disease control, resulting in increased adherence and persistence as well as potentially better outcome. The electronic Patient Reported Outcome (ePRO) tool CANKADO is designed to help oncologists to fill the gap between good, personalized care and a time and resource-saving treatment for cancer patients. CANKADO helps patients and their physicians regarding therapy management by a standardized documentation procedure and, if needed, direct feedback to patients by the integrated Pro-React system. GeRA includes patients undergoing systemic therapy for breast cancer with access to CANKADO. The trial is based on questionnaires that are answered by patients via the CANKADO Patient App. Primary objective is to gain knowledge on the health economic impact of CANKADO resource utilization in breast cancer care including the evaluation of physicians' time and patient experience.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Amgen
Cankado GmbH
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Men and women with breast cancer * Ongoing medical drug treatment * 18 years or older * CANKADO account
Exclusion criteria
* Lack of consent to study participation or lack of patient's ability to stuconsent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Occasion of consultation | 3 months | To obtain the information on the health economic impact of CANKADO resource utilization patients will be asked to fill in a questionnaire containing a question about the occasion of consultation. |
| Frequency of consultation | 3 months | To obtain the information on the health economic impact of CANKADO resource utilization patients will be asked to fill in a questionnaire containing a question about the frequency of consultation. |
| Duration of consultation | 3 months | To obtain the information on the health economic impact of CANKADO resource utilization patients will be asked to fill in a questionnaire containing a question about the duration of consultation. Also, the time spent for travelling and for the appointment is included here. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 3 months | Assessed as male/female |
| Grade of education | 3 months | Assessed as following options: secondary modern school, secondary school, abitur, university degree, promotion |
| Number of inhabitants in hometown | 3 months | — |
| German home state | 3 months | Assessed as: Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen |
| Location of treatment | 3 months | Assessed as: university hospital, hospital, haemato-oncologist, gynaecologic oncologist |
| Year of primary brest cancer diagnosis | 3 months | — |
| Quality of life (QoL): Quality of Life Questionnaire (FACT-B) | 3 months | Quality of life (QoL) was assessed as part of the Quality of Life Questionnaire (FACT-B) as the subjective feeling of the patient |
| Oral cancer treatment of patient | 3 months | assessed as: yes/no |
| Treatment of patient with osteopretectics | 3 months | assessed as: yes/no |
| Treatment of patient against high blood pressure | 3 months | assessed as: yes/no |
| Treatment of patient against diabetes | 3 months | assessed as: yes/no |
| Treatment of patient against asthma | 3 months | assessed as: yes/no |
| employment status of patient | 3 months | assessed as : employed, not employed, retirement |
| Radiotherapy treatment of patient | 3 months | assessed as: yes/no |
| Estimate usage satisfaction of healthcare professionals: minutes | 3 months | The usage satisfaction of healthcare professionals was evaluated by assessing the impact on workload of CANKADO assessed in minutes. |
| Age | 3 months | Assessed in years |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed