Internet Use Among Women With Recurrent Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT00770055 | Completed

• 4 other identifiers: CDR0000592835P30CA072720CINJ-000102CINJ-IRB-3879
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Gathering information about patients with breast cancer over time may help doctors learn more about a patient's use of the internet to find information about treatment, symptom management, and emotional support. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying internet use among women with recurrent metastatic breast cancer.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

stage IV breast cancer; recurrent breast cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Use of non-internet cancer information

• Use of the internet for cancer resources

• Use of interactive technologies

• Communication with treatment team and family members

• Evaluation of internet resources

• Changes in internet use over the course of treatment

• Cross-sectional associations between patients' internet use and their individual, social, and professional network characteristics

• Internet use and changes in patients' beliefs and emotional functioning

Interventions

medical chart review OTHER

questionnaire administration OTHER

survey administration OTHER

psychosocial assessment and care PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer meeting either of the following criteria: * Newly diagnosed metastatic disease * Recently diagnosed as progressive disease after stable metastatic disease for at least 6 months * Must have received the same treatment for metastatic breast cancer for at least 3 months * Have received no treatment for progressive disease OR have begun treatment for progressive disease within the past month * Patient at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick or Hamilton, New Jersey * Hormone receptor status not specified PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Menopausal status not specified * Able to speak and write English * Free of diseases and cognitive impairments that would interfere with comprehension of the survey instruments or ability to provide informed consent PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rehabilitation; Therapeutics; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Deborah Toppmeyer, MD

  Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2008
• First Posted: October 9, 2008
• Study Start: November 1, 2001
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2010
• Study Completion: January 1, 2011
• Last Updated: January 31, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-01

Locations

US (1)