Nurse-Provided Care or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00903305

Last Updated: 2013-02-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-07-31

Study Completion Date

2009-04-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Meeting with a nurse to assess symptoms and quality of life may be more effective than standard care in treating patients with breast cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying nurse-provided care to see how well it works compared with standard care in treating patients with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* To compare the effects of an advanced practice nurse, standardized nursing intervention protocol (SNIP) model vs usual care on overall quality of life and psychological distress of patients with stage I-III breast cancer, from initial treatment to 6 months post diagnosis.
* To compare symptom control in these two groups.
* To compare geriatric assessment outcomes in these two groups.
* To test the effects of the SNIP intervention as compared to the usual care group on resource use by these patients.
* To test the effects of SNIP on patients' and clinicians' satisfaction with care.
* To describe the effects of SNIP on patients' management of transitions from one phase of chronic illness to another.
* To identify subgroups of these patients who benefit most from the SNIP in relation to sociodemographic characteristics, disease/treatment factors, and geriatric assessment predictors.
* To obtain feedback from clinicians regarding interpretation of findings and application to the routine care of breast cancer patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are enrolled sequentially to 1 of 2 groups. Group 1 is enrolled during months 4-21 and group 2 is enrolled during months 25-54.

* Group 1 (usual care): Patient questionnaires are administered at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. The clinicians' satisfaction with care is also evaluated.
* Group 2 (advanced practice nurse \[APN\] intervention): Patients are accrued by an APN. Patients meet with the APN periodically to assess their physical well-being including ambulatory care needed, care of physical symptoms (i.e., pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting), and psychological well-being. Questionnaires are administered at baseline and at 3 and 6 months.

In both groups, questionnaires include the FACT-Breast, Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, Psychological Distress Thermometer, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, and Patient Satisfaction with Intervention. Clinicians also complete questionnaires. Patients' medical charts are also reviewed.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Fatigue Nausea and Vomiting Pain

Study Design

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Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Group II (SNIP)

Patients undergo SNIP comprising four visits over 2 months and four monthly telephone calls from the APN. The APN will provide 24 hour access during the study. Patients complete questionnaires about satisfaction with care, perceived preparedness with self-care, and helpfulness of patient teaching at baseline, 3 months and 6 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

medical chart review

Intervention Type OTHER

questionnaire administration

Intervention Type OTHER

fatigue assessment and management

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Group I (usual care intervention)

Patients undergo usual care and complete questionnaires about satisfaction with care, perceived preparedness with self-care, and helpfulness of patient teaching at baseline, 3 months and 6 months.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

medical chart review

Intervention Type OTHER

questionnaire administration

Intervention Type OTHER

fatigue assessment and management

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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medical chart review

Intervention Type OTHER

questionnaire administration

Intervention Type OTHER

fatigue assessment and management

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of stage I, II, or III breast cancer
* Admitted to City of Hope National Medical Center

* Resides within a 30-mile radius of the medical center
* Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Menopausal status not specified
* No prior cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

City of Hope Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marcia Grant, RN, DNSc, FAAN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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P30CA033572

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CHNMC-08031

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000629408

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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