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Trial Title:
Managing Breast Cancer Treatment: Dyad's Perspectives on Treatment Decision, Financial and Family Burden.
NCT ID:
NCT05917444
Condition:
Breast Cancer
Conditions: Official terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Conditions: Keywords:
breast cancer
financial toxicity
Financial and Family Burden
Study type:
Observational
Overall status:
Recruiting
Study design:
Time perspective:
Cross-Sectional
Summary:
The purpose of this study is to understand the financial burden and treatment decisions,
based on both of patient's and family's perspectives in breast cancer patients who
receive systemic chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immuno-therapy and their family
caregivers .
Detailed description:
This study utilizes a cross-sectional survey and qualitative research design. Data
collection includes questionnaire surveys and recorded qualitative interviews. A total of
224 patients or family members who meet the criteria will be invited to participate in
the study at oncology units and outpatient clinics. Among them, 30 subjects, either
patients or family caregivers will be invited to explore their experience on and concerns
about financial burden and treatment decision making as facing breast cancer.
Criteria for eligibility:
Study pop:
Patients who have diagnosed breast cancer and their family.
Sampling method:
Non-Probability Sample
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- breast cancer
1. Patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent breast cancer who require
chemotherapy or targeted immunotherapy as recommended by their physicians
2. Age 20 to 70
3. Within 0.5 to 3 years of newly diagnosed or recurrent breast cancer
4. Ability to perform housework or wage employment before cancer
5. Those whose cognitive function is sufficient to read newspaper news and answer
questionnaires
- breast cancer family
1. Patient has been 0.5 to 3 years since the first diagnosis or recurrence of
breast cancer and the doctor recommends chemotherapy or targeted immunotherapy
2. Patient's self-reported family members who are involved in the patient's
physical, social, or medical caregivers with cancer
3. Age 20 to 65
4. Able to perform housework or wage workers
5. Those whose cognitive function is sufficient to read newspaper news and answer
questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria:
- breast cancer
1. Patients who were disabled before suffering from cancer
2. only undergoing surgery or hormone therapy
- breast cancer family
1. Persons with physical, mental and social disabilities
2. Family members who are not involved in the patient's physical, social, or
medical care for cancer
Gender:
All
Minimum age:
20 Years
Maximum age:
70 Years
Healthy volunteers:
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Address:
City:
Taipei
Country:
Taiwan
Status:
Recruiting
Contact:
Last name:
Linghsuan Chen
Phone:
886-930021676
Email:
linghsuan0303@gmail.com
Start date:
April 12, 2023
Completion date:
March 31, 2025
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Agency class:
Other
Collaborator:
Agency:
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Agency class:
Other
Source:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05917444
