Clinical trial · Interventional
The Attitudes, Communication, Treatment and Support Intervention to Reduce Breast Cancer Treatment Disparity
The ACTS Intervention to Reduce Breast Cancer Treatment Disparity
- 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 ACTS (Attitudes, Communication, Treatment, Support) Intervention is a onetime, intensive psycho-educational intervention using a race-matched breast cancer survivor interventionist to: address Attitudes, including perceptions and stressors, that may impact adherence to clinical visits and treatment; encourage and model patient Communication with health care providers regarding physical and emotional needs, with attention to race-discordant situations; and provide tailored, understandable information about Treatment and its rationale. The Support component is threaded throughout the intervention via the presence of a race-matched breast cancer survivor and supportive video messages from the black community.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTS Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual Care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- ACTS Intervention
- description
- The intervention arm are the women who received the ACTS Intervention. It is a 45 minute intervention provided by a breast cancer survivor. The intervention includes a discussion of the patient's attitudes towards chemotherapy, communication strategies with providers, the recommended treatment in accordance with tumor size and tumor characteristics
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: ACTS Intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- This group receives care as usual.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Usual Care
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Adherence to recommended breast cancer chemotherapy at the treatment midpoint.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * African American, as determined by patient self report on their demographic form completed at first medical oncology visit * Female * Age 18 or older * Diagnosed with invasive breast cancer * Recommended (prescribed) chemotherapy by participating medical oncologists Exclusion Criteria: * Impaired cognition, as determined by a score of less than 22 on the Mini Mental Status Exam * An inability to understand English
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