A Formative Evaluation For Improving Breast Cancer Hormone Receptor Testing in Tanzania

NCT ID: NCT05438511

Last Updated: 2025-08-05

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

85 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-13

Study Completion Date

2026-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to learn more about the challenges with breast cancer diagnosis in Tanzania and the support available to improve this process.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Participants of focus groups

Breast cancer survivor, patient advocate or key healthcare personnel including hospital and laboratory leaders, pathologists, laboratory scientists and technicians, oncologists, nurses, and surgeons

Focus group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A semi-structured focus group discussion guide will be developed with question probes that cover 1) contextual factors, 2) barriers to implementation, and 3) facilitators to implementation, with secondary probing questions.

Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

measures the extent to which organizational members are prepared to implement organizational change. The ORIC tool asks participants to rate their level of agreement with 12 statements pertaining to organizational readiness for change (change commitment and change efficacy) on a 5-point Likert Scale.

Interventions

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Focus group

A semi-structured focus group discussion guide will be developed with question probes that cover 1) contextual factors, 2) barriers to implementation, and 3) facilitators to implementation, with secondary probing questions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change

measures the extent to which organizational members are prepared to implement organizational change. The ORIC tool asks participants to rate their level of agreement with 12 statements pertaining to organizational readiness for change (change commitment and change efficacy) on a 5-point Likert Scale.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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ORIC tool

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Breast cancer survivor, patient advocate or key healthcare personnel

* Key healthcare personnel are defined as hospital and laboratory leaders, pathologists, laboratory scientists and technicians, oncologists, nurses, and surgeons, with:
* \>12 months of employment at the affiliated institution
* Administrative or clinical involvement in the delivery of breast cancer care services.
* Age 18 years and above
* Permanent residents or citizens of Tanzania
* Participant and/or LAR willing and able to consent
* Fluent in Swahili and/or English by self-report


* Age 18 years and above
* Permanent residents or citizens of Tanzania
* Received breast cancer diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria

* Key stakeholder not residing at their particular institutions during data collection will be excluded.

Eligibility criteria for Chart Reviews (Aim 1)


* Participants less than 18 years of age
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Diana Ng, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Dar es Salaam, , Tanzania

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Tanzania

Central Contacts

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Diana Ng, MD

Role: CONTACT

212-639-7209

T. Peter Kingham, MD

Role: CONTACT

212-639-5260

Facility Contacts

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Diana Ng, MD

Role: primary

212-639-7209

Edda Vuhahula, DDS PhD

Role: primary

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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21-480

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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