Integrating Palliative Care Into Self-Management of Breast Cancer

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

109 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-06-30

Study Completion Date

2017-01-31

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Self-Management Group

Managing Cancer Care: A Personal Guide (MCC) is a set of magazine-format, printed modules that includes information about key self-management topics, worksheets, "conversation starters", and targeted links to local and internet resources, among other features.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Self-Management Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Symptom Management Group

Participants in the Symptom Management Group will be given a symptom management toolkit that provides information on the most commonly experienced symptoms and side effects of cancer treatment, including fatigue, nausea, and sleep problems, among others. Each chapter includes information on when and why the symptom may occur, how the symptom can be managed, and when to call a provider.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Symptom Management Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Self-Management Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Symptom Management Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No