Clinical trial · Interventional
Patient Centered Randomized Controlled Trial
Patient Assistance to Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities
NCT00233077CI-TRIAL-00012797completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patient-assistance programs as compared with usual care will help women with early stage breast cancer receive appropriate treatments.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early-Stage Breast Cancer | Early Stage Breast Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information only | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Patient Assistance | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Behavioral: Patient Assistance
- description
- Patient assistance programs
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Patient Assistance
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Control: Information only
- description
- Control patients will be sent a pamphlet about breast cancer \& its treatment. We will call all patients 2 weeks later and ask if they received the packet. If they didn't, we will send the packet again.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Information only
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- initiation and completion of primary treatment
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients, who are English or Spanish speaking, with a new primary stage 1 or 2 breast cancer who have undergone either breast conserving surgery or mastectomy and those with tumors \>1cm or \<1cm and poorly differentiated; * All surgeons performing breast surgery at the participating hospitals Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with dementia or those with a poor prognosis due to end-stage organ failure or other concomitant conditions such as those undergoing treatment for other cancers
References
Publications (3)
- DERIVEDGuth AA, Fineberg S, Fei K, Franco R, Bickell NA. Utilization of Oncotype DX in an Inner City Population: Race or Place? Int J Breast Cancer. 2013;2013:653805. doi: 10.1155/2013/653805. Epub 2013 Dec 18. PMID 24455283
- DERIVEDBickell NA, Geduld AN, Joseph KA, Sparano JA, Kemeny MM, Oluwole S, Menes T, Srinivasan A, Franco R, Fei K, Leventhal H. Do community-based patient assistance programs affect the treatment and well-being of patients with breast cancer? J Oncol Pract. 2014 Jan;10(1):48-54. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2013.000920. Epub 2013 Sep 10. PMID 24023271
- DERIVEDLin JJ, Fei K, Franco R, Bickell NA. Breast cancer patients' recall of receiving patient assistance services. Springerplus. 2012 Oct 3;1:24. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-1-24. eCollection 2012. PMID 23961354