Young, Empowered & Strong (YES): The Young Women's Breast Cancer Study 2- Focus on Intervention Pilot

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Other: YES portal

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03913936

18-641

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research study is piloting a new internet-based research tool (YES portal). The main purpose of this pilot study is to test the web-based interface.

Full description

This study is being done to pilot a web-based research intervention tool. The investigators hope that by piloting it with the participants they can improve the tool and the other processes. The main purpose of this pilot study is to test the web-based interface, the participant's engagement with the platform, and the recruitment procedures. This initial pilot study will inform the design of a larger study intended to monitor common symptoms and behavior, and to provide supportive care information and research opportunities in an iterative manner for young women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer using the YES portal, built for smartphones, tablets, and computers.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 44 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• Between the ages of 18-44 years
• A history of breast cancer; we will pilot in 3 separate cohorts consisting of 10 patients each: newly diagnosed patients receiving care at DFCI, prevalent survivors who have completed early active therapy (surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy) and are being followed at DFCI, and women living with advanced breast cancer receiving care at DFCI
• Be fluent in and able to read English
• Have internet access on a regular basis at the time of consent that can support the web-based platform

Exclusion criteria

N/A

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

NEWLY DIAGNOSED

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will track their symptoms with weekly and monthly standard surveys to monitor for symptoms. The YES portal is designed to collect and assess participants' toxicities and symptoms, as well as informational needs in between visits with their clinician

Treatment:

Other: YES portal

SURVIVOR

Experimental group

Description:

* Participants will track their symptoms with weekly and monthly standard surveys to monitor for symptoms. * The YES portal is designed to collect and assess participants' toxicities and symptoms, as well as informational needs in between visits with their clinician

Treatment:

Other: YES portal

LIVING WITH ADVANCED DISEASE

Experimental group

Description:

* Participants will track their symptoms with weekly and monthly standard surveys to monitor for symptoms. * The YES portal is designed to collect and assess participants' toxicities and symptoms, as well as informational needs in between visits with their clinician

Treatment:

Other: YES portal