Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of a Breast cAncer Survivorship Interprofessional Community Care Model
Impact of a Breast cAncer Survivorship Interprofessional Community Care Model (BASIC): A Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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)
With an increase in breast cancer survivors (BCS) in Singapore, the current oncologist-centric survivorship model will not be sustainable to respond to the rising demand of survivorship care services. To meet the long-term healthcare needs of Singaporeans in a sustainable manner, the investigators propose to pilot a breast cancer survivorship inter-professional community (BASIC) care model for cancer survivorship. This pilot study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of this care model for implementation among BCS and healthcare providers. The investigators hypothesize that the BASIC model is feasible and acceptable to be evaluated on a larger scale. This new follow-up model can potentially reduce waiting times in tertiary centers without compromising quality of care, directly benefiting participants through more efficient follow-up sessions.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
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 |
| Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary collaborative care arm | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Multidisciplinary collaborative care arm
- description
- Post-treatment clinical follow-up visits will be staggered between the oncologist and a dedicated PCP. A patient navigator will be assigned to each study participant to conduct follow-up sessions over the phone regularly at an approximate interval of 3 months.
- interventionNames
- Other: Multidisciplinary collaborative care arm
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Attentional control arm
- description
- BCS will receive follow-up care by their oncologists and any other healthcare providers under existing usual care practices at NCCS.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in participants' health-related quality of life
- timeFrame
- Baseline, every 3 months up to 12 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 21 years old or older. * Received a formal diagnosis of breast cancer. * At least three years after active primary treatment including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy (if any) and targeted therapy (if any). * Ascertained to be a low-risk cancer survivor by oncologist. * Ambulatory with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2, indicative of adequate functioning capacity to travel and receive follow-up care at polyclinics. * Able to read and understand either English or Mandarin Exclusion Criteria: * Physically or mentally incapable of providing verbal/ written consent. * Unwell or unable to comply with the study protocol that involves questionnaires completion.
References
Publications (17)
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