Effect of Advertisements on Treatment Compliance in Women With Breast Cancer

Institut Bergonié

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care; Other: counseling intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00462410

IB-2006-03

INCA-REF0145

CDR0000540528

INCA-SOCIO-ANTHROPO

Details and patient eligibility

About

RATIONALE: Measuring how advertising affects treatment compliance in women with breast cancer may help doctors plan the best treatment.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how advertisements affect treatment compliance in women with breast cancer.

Full description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

• Evaluate the consequences of advertisement on treatment compliance in women with breast cancer.

Secondary

• Determine the factors favoring or not favoring adherence to the medical recommendations.

OUTLINE: Patients and their medical and nonmedical caregivers are interviewed by a sociologist or anthropologist twice over 1 year. The first interview is at the consultation visit and the second interview is at the patient's home. The impact of advertisement on treatment compliance is measured.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 65 patients will be accrued for this study.

Enrollment: 65 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Diagnosis of breast cancer
• Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Female
• Menopausal status not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• Not specified