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NCT03435380 · REGISTRY CONDITION SEARCH

Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Women Who Survived Childhood Cancer

Found through the registry condition index, not selected as a treatment recommendation. This discovery collection was restricted to studies with posted results.

Phase
NA
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2023-09-08

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the impact of maximizing patient and primary care provider (PCP) activation on breast cancer surveillance rates among women previously treated with chest radiotherapy (RT) for a childhood cancer. This is an 18-month, 3-arm randomized controlled trial using a smartphone intervention with data being collected at baseline and 18-months through patient and provider surveys and medical record review. Eligible women treated for a childhood cancer with chest RT will be randomly sampled from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) and randomly selected to one of three groups: control, patient activation (PA) using a smartphone-based intervention, or patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP) which will include physician materials about breast cancer risk in this population along with guidelines for breast cancer surveillance. Participants in all groups will receive mailed targeted print materials as an educational resource about their previous chest radiation and breast cancer screening recommendations. The primary outcome is a medical record confirmed breast MRI and mammogram with the goal of increasing the rate of women completing the national guideline-based recommended combination of breast MRI and mammogram. This study will test the hypothesis that women in the PA and PA+PCP groups will have significantly higher rates of breast cancer surveillance (breast MRI and mammogram) than women in the control group. In addition, the hypothesis that women in the PA+PCP group will have significantly higher rates of breast cancer surveillance than women in the PA group will also be tested.

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What did the study report?

Outcomes, safety and baseline populations are separate source sections. Quality-of-life measures appear under their original outcome titles.

Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Eligible participants will include women who: * Were diagnosed with a childhood cancer prior to the age of 21 years; * Were treated with ≥ 10 Gy of chest RT (recent revision with a lower dose threshold);1 * Do not have a history of breast cancer; * Have not had both a breast MRI and mammogram in the previous 24 months; * Do not have a contraindication to MRI (i.e., pacemaker); * Are 25 years of age or older at time of enrollment; * Have an interval from their chest RT to the time of enrollment of at least 8 years; * Have a smartphone; * Are English-speaking. Participants will be selected from women in the Childhood cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) cohort.
healthy Volunteers
false
minimum Age
25 Years
sex
FEMALE
std Ages
  1. ADULT
  2. OLDER_ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Targeted mailed educational materials (C).
    intervention Names
    1. Behavioral: Control
    label
    Control (C)
    type
    EXPERIMENTAL
  2. description
    C + patient activation (PA) consisting of (1) smartphone app with HIPAA compliant survivorship care plan that can be viewed, printed, or emailed to their primary care provider; and (2) two-way (interactive) tailored text messages with links to video vignettes discussing the primary barriers to breast MRI and mammography.
    intervention Names
    1. Behavioral: Patient activation
    2. Behavioral: Control
    label
    Patient activation (PA)
    type
    EXPERIMENTAL
  3. description
    C + PA + PCP activation (PA+PCP) with physician materials about breast cancer risk in this population along with national and international guidelines for breast cancer surveillance.
    intervention Names
    1. Behavioral: Patient activation
    2. Behavioral: Primary care physician activation
    3. Behavioral: Control
    label
    Patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP)
    type
    ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. Patient activation (PA)
    2. Patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP)
    description
    Smartphone-based materials including text messages and supplemental short videos focusing on how to find a primary care doctor, the importance of medical screening, and how to talk to a doctor about medical screening. Guidelines for monitoring and maintaining health, such as a survivorship care plan, will also be included in the smartphone-based materials.
    name
    Patient activation
    type
    BEHAVIORAL
  2. arm Group Labels
    1. Patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP)
    description
    Mailed educational print materials sent to the participants' primary care doctors about health risks and recommendations for medical screening for adult women who were treated for a childhood cancer with chest radiation.
    name
    Primary care physician activation
    type
    BEHAVIORAL
  3. arm Group Labels
    1. Control (C)
    2. Patient activation (PA)
    3. Patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP)
    description
    Mailed educational materials.
    name
    Control
    type
    BEHAVIORAL
Study design
allocation
RANDOMIZED
intervention Model
PARALLEL
intervention Model Description
Participants will be randomly assigned, in a ratio of 1:1:1, to one of the three groups: control, patient activation (PA), or patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP). Participants will remain in the group they are randomized to with no crossover throughout the study.
masking Info
masking
NONE
primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Enrollment
count
314
type
ACTUAL
Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
other Outcomes
  1. description
    Measures patient activation and includes: believing one has an active role to play, having the confidence and knowledge to take action, taking action, and staying the course under stress.
    measure
    Patient Activation Measure (PAM) - Questionnaire
    time Frame
    18 months
  2. description
    The Breast Cancer Surveillance Practices instrument (questionnaire) was developed as part of an effort supported by NCI funding (R21CA106972) and published in JAMA (Oeffinger KC, et al. JAMA, 301:404-414, 2009). The section regarding knowledge of the recommendations was then adapted for the EMPOWER-I Study, supported by NCI R01134722, and includes 3 items to determine if participants have (1) heard of mammography for breast cancer screening (yes, no, not sure), at what age women like the participant should begin getting a mammogram, and how frequently (multiple time frames).
    measure
    Breast Cancer Surveillance Practices - Knowledge of Recommendations (Questionnaire)
    time Frame
    18 months
  3. description
    Elicits a rank order of the most relevant and important barriers of breast MRI and those associated with mammogram, for those women who did not obtain the recommended screening. The barriers are presented as a list of 13 statements in which there are 5 ranges of measure provided for each statement. The scale ranges include "Not at all," "A little bit," "Moderately," "Quite a bit," and "Extremely." The value/response of "Not at all" is considered to be the better outcome, whereas the value/response of "Extremely" is considered to be the worst outcome for the barrier scale. The scale is not combined to compute a total score, since responses are scored for each statement individually.
    measure
    Barrier Scales (Questionnaire)
    time Frame
    18 months
  4. description
    The Pros and Cons of mammography is a 13-item instrument developed by Rakowski et al (Prev Med 1997). It was used in our Breast Cancer Surveillance Practices instrument (Oeffinger KC, et al. JAMA, 2009). The pros and cons scores (5-point Likert items) are converted to T-scores and then presented as a summary Decisional Balance. For EMPOWER-I Study, we adapted this instrument to also assess a woman's perspective on the pros and cons of breast MRI. This resulted in a 7-item instrument that is analyzed similar to the Pros and Cons of Mammography and presented as a Decisional Balance.
    measure
    Pros and Cons of Mammography and Breast MRI (Questionnaire)
    time Frame
    18 months
  5. description
    This one-item question asks participants whether their mother, sister(s), or daughter(s) have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
    measure
    Family History of Breast Cancer (Questionnaire)
    time Frame
    18 months
  6. description
    This item was developed for the aforementioned Breast Cancer Surveillance Practices instrument and is a one-time question with asking women how they estimate their risk of breast cancer (with five responses: much more than the average woman, more than the average woman, same as the average woman, less than the average woman, much less than the average woman).
    measure
    Perception of Breast Cancer Risk (Questionnaire)
    time Frame
    18 months
  7. description
    Developed for the EMPOWER-I study, the questionnaire asks participants at the end of the study whether they saw a health care provider during the 18-month study period, whether they discussed breast cancer screening with a provider, and whether the provider responded to the information (5-point Likert). Each of these items will be analyzed separately.
    measure
    Communication With PCP (Questionnaire)
    time Frame
    18 months
  8. description
    Will be measured using the adapted and shortened version of the Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). We will focus on emotions related to managing health.
    measure
    Affect
    time Frame
    18 months
  9. description
    To determine the Stage of Adoption (Change) for breast cancer surveillance, participants will be asked when they plan to have their next mammogram and/or breast MRI (following the completion of the study).
    measure
    Future Breast Screening Intentions
    time Frame
    18 months
  10. description
    Measures confidence in discussing breast surveillance with the primary care physician and obtaining the recommended screening using items developed by Champion and colleagues.
    measure
    Self-Efficacy
    time Frame
    18 months
  11. description
    Age, gender, years in practice, and practice setting.
    measure
    Primary Care Provider Demographics
    time Frame
    Baseline
  12. description
    Most PCPs have taken care of only a few childhood cancer survivors. To ascertain their past experience with caring for this population, we ask PCPs how many childhood cancer survivors they have in their practice panel (0, 1-2, 3-5, \>5).
    measure
    Primary Care Provider Experience
    time Frame
    18 months
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    Self-reported
    measure
    Percentage of Women Who Completed a Breast MRI and Mammogram
    time Frame
    18 months
Full study description
brief Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to determine the impact of maximizing patient and primary care provider (PCP) activation on breast cancer surveillance rates among women previously treated with chest radiotherapy (RT) for a childhood cancer. This is an 18-month, 3-arm randomized controlled trial using a smartphone intervention with data being collected at baseline and 18-months through patient and provider surveys and medical record review. Eligible women treated for a childhood cancer with chest RT will be randomly sampled from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) and randomly selected to one of three groups: control, patient activation (PA) using a smartphone-based intervention, or patient activation + primary care provider activation (PA+PCP) which will include physician materials about breast cancer risk in this population along with guidelines for breast cancer surveillance. Participants in all groups will receive mailed targeted print materials as an educational resource about their previous chest radiation and breast cancer screening recommendations. The primary outcome is a medical record confirmed breast MRI and mammogram with the goal of increasing the rate of women completing the national guideline-based recommended combination of breast MRI and mammogram. This study will test the hypothesis that women in the PA and PA+PCP groups will have significantly higher rates of breast cancer surveillance (breast MRI and mammogram) than women in the control group. In addition, the hypothesis that women in the PA+PCP group will have significantly higher rates of breast cancer surveillance than women in the PA group will also be tested.
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