Chemotherapy Decisions and Outcomes in Older Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
Status: Recruiting
Phase: N/A
Diagnosis: Breast: Early Stage Disease
NCT ID: NCT00068328
(View complete trial on ClinicalTrials.gov)
DFCI Protocol ID: 03-385
RATIONALE: Studying how older women make treatment decisions and how these decisions affect the outcome of treatment may help doctors plan more effective treatments and improve patient quality of life. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how a patient's treatment preferences and decisions about chemotherapy affect the outcome of treatment in older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer.
Conducting Institutions:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Overall PI:
Alice Kornblith, PhD,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Site-responsible Investigators:
Beverly Moy, MD,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Contacts:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Breast Cancer Nursing Team, 617-632-3478
Massachusetts General Hospital:
Cancer Trials Call Center, 877-789-6100
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed primary adenocarcinoma of the breast
- Operable disease
- No more than 20 weeks since diagnosis
- T1-4 (tumor size ≥ 1 cm), N0, M0 OR
- T1-4, N1-3, M0
- No prior carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ, ductal carcinoma in situ, or
invasive breast cancer
- Hormone receptor status:
- Any estrogen receptor status
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 65 and over
Sex
- Female
Menopausal status
- Not specified
Performance status
- Any performance status
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- Not specified
Hepatic
- Not specified
Renal
- Not specified
Other
- No other malignancy except those for which the patient has completed treatment AND is
considered to be at less than 30% risk of recurrence
- Sufficient cognitive function to consent to and complete interviews
- English or Spanish speaking
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
Chemotherapy
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
Radiotherapy
- Not specified
Surgery
- Not specified