Clinical trial · Interventional
Long-term Improvement of Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients With Quality of Life Diagnosis and Therapy
Long-term Improvement of Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients With Tailored Quality of Life Diagnosis and Therapy: Implementation Into Routine Care
NCT04334096CI-TRIAL-00048133completedN/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 the study is the long-term implementation of a system with quality of life diagnosis and tailored therapeutic options in order to improve quality of life of patients with breast cancer during follow-up.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
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 |
| Breast Neoplasms | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| quality of life pathway | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- QoL diagnosis and therapy
- description
- The first quality of life (QoL) measurement is conducted in the hospital after surgery via a digital questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-BR23) on a tablet computer. Further QoL measures are accomplished via paper-pencil in the practice of the patient's physician during aftercare (3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 months after surgery). Paper questionnaires are transferred by fax to a local server, automatically processed, digitized and stored in a database, and transferred back to the physician's practice (email or fax depending on preference) in form of a QoL profile. The immediate response enables patient and physician to discuss the QoL profile right away. Specific therapeutic options for the treatment of QoL have been defined: psychotherapy, social counseling, pain therapy, physiotherapy, nutrition counseling, fitness. To provide continuous medical education, quality circles for each therapeutic option have been founded. Physicians receive a list with addresses of all quality circle members.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: quality of life pathway
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- proportion of patients with a need for QoL therapy
- timeFrame
- 6 months after the date of surgery for breast cancer
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria:
* breast cancer
* operated in one of two participating certified centers for breast cancer (Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Regensburg; Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder, Klinik St. Hedwig, Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Regensburg)
* informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* unavailability of recruiting study clinician
* patient misclassified in the operation schedule (no breast neoplasm)
* coordinating practitioner refused trial participation
* no "Nachsorgekalendernummer" available ("Nachsorgekalendernummer": unique number of the diary the patient receives in the hospital for aftercare during breast cancer)
* patient from district outside the defined study region
* age under 18 years
* pregnancy
* patient unable to fill out the QoL questionnaire (physical, psychological, cognitive, language reasons)
* patient refused trial participationReferences
Publications (6)
- BACKGROUNDKlinkhammer-Schalke M, Steinger B, Koller M, Zeman F, Furst A, Gumpp J, Obermaier R, Piso P, Lindberg-Scharf P; Regensburg QoL Study Group. Diagnosing deficits in quality of life and providing tailored therapeutic options: Results of a randomised trial in 220 patients with colorectal cancer. Eur J Cancer. 2020 May;130:102-113. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.01.025. Epub 2020 Mar 13. PMID 32179445
- BACKGROUNDKlinkhammer-Schalke M, Lindberg P, Koller M, Wyatt JC, Hofstadter F, Lorenz W, Steinger B. Direct improvement of quality of life in colorectal cancer patients using a tailored pathway with quality of life diagnosis and therapy (DIQOL): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Oct 14;16:460. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0972-y. PMID 26467994
- BACKGROUNDKlinkhammer-Schalke M, Koller M, Steinger B, Ehret C, Ernst B, Wyatt JC, Hofstadter F, Lorenz W; Regensburg QoL Study Group. Direct improvement of quality of life using a tailored quality of life diagnosis and therapy pathway: randomised trial in 200 women with breast cancer. Br J Cancer. 2012 Feb 28;106(5):826-38. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.4. Epub 2012 Feb 7. PMID 22315052
- BACKGROUNDKlinkhammer-Schalke M, Koller M, Ehret C, Steinger B, Ernst B, Wyatt JC, Hofstadter F, Lorenz W; Regensburg QoL Study Group. Implementing a system of quality-of-life diagnosis and therapy for breast cancer patients: results of an exploratory trial as a prerequisite for a subsequent RCT. Br J Cancer. 2008 Aug 5;99(3):415-22. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604505. PMID 18665187
- BACKGROUNDKlinkhammer-Schalke M, Koller M, Wyatt JC, Steinger B, Ehret C, Ernst B, Hofstadter F, Lorenz W. Quality of life diagnosis and therapy as complex intervention for improvement of health in breast cancer patients: delineating the conceptual, methodological, and logistic requirements (modeling). Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2008 Jan;393(1):1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00423-007-0210-5. Epub 2007 Jul 28. PMID 17661076
- DERIVEDLindberg-Scharf P, Steinger B, Koller M, Hofstadter A, Ortmann O, Kurz J, Sasse J, Klinkhammer-Schalke M. Long-term improvement of quality of life in patients with breast cancer: supporting patient-physician communication by an electronic tool for inpatient and outpatient care. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Dec;29(12):7865-7875. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06270-1. Epub 2021 Jun 27.