A Prospective Cohort With Patient Navigation as an Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT06257888

Last Updated: 2025-09-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-01

Study Completion Date

2025-05-01

Brief Summary

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The objective of this observational study is to introduce a patient navigation system within the breast cancer unit at Hospital Central de Maputo (MOZ) and gather data to assess the efficacy of patient navigation in enhancing oncological outcomes among this patient cohort. The primary inquiries it seeks to address are as follows:

* Can patient navigation reduce the duration (in days) between patient admission and the commencement of treatment?
* Does patient navigation influence overall survival rates when juxtaposed with historical cohorts from the local setting? Participants will receive continuous support from a patient navigator starting from admission until the initiation of any oncological treatment.

Detailed Description

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-General Objective: To implement an oncological navigation platform for breast cancer patients receiving treatment at Maputo Central Hospital (HCM) over a proposed period of 12 months after project approval by the local IRB.

-Specific Objectives:

* Develop an oncological patient navigation system for breast cancer patients treated at HCM.
* Establish a prospective cohort of navigated breast cancer patients (with invasive or ductal carcinoma in situ) treated at HCM in 2024-25 (recruitment period of twelve months).
* Collect diverse epidemiological data from navigated patients during the proposed study period.
* Describe the following variables: time from first symptom until first medical consultation (in days), time from first medical consultation to cancer diagnosis (in days) and time from diagnosis to first treatment (either surgery or neoadjuvant treatment) in days.
* Compare time from first symptom to diagnosis (in days) and time from diagnosis to first treatment (in days) to a historical cohort published by Brandão M. et al (The Oncologist, 2021).
* Collect overall survival data in this cohort for thirty six months after last patient recruited for future publication.

Conditions

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Breast Neoplasm Malignant Primary

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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breast cancer patients under navigation

breast cancer patients, intervention = patient navigation

patient navigation

Intervention Type OTHER

two trained patient navigators will admit breast cancer patients to HCM, navigate them from admission to commencement of first treatment and will collect all pertinent epidemiological data and variables

Interventions

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patient navigation

two trained patient navigators will admit breast cancer patients to HCM, navigate them from admission to commencement of first treatment and will collect all pertinent epidemiological data and variables

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* female
* 18 years and older
* will undergo breast cancer treatment at HCM
* consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* male
* less than18 years of age
* history of other previous malignancies (including breast cancer)
* history of breast cancer treatment initiated elsewhere
* lack of consent to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Central de Maputo

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eduardo Mondlane University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Renato Cagnacci Neto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Renato Cagnacci Neto

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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renato cagnacci neto, MD, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

AC Camargo Cancer Center

Locations

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Hospital Central de Maputo

Maputo, Cidade de Maputo, Mozambique

Site Status

Countries

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Mozambique

References

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Other Identifiers

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CIBS FM&HCM/054/2023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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