Everyday Exposures: How Chemicals and Weight Impact Breast Cancer Risk
Excessive Weight, Breast Cancer, and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs): Findings From Active Living After Cancer (ALAC) With Environmental Vitality
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observational
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1 country
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Brief Summary
To learn about breast cancer survivors' and their family members' knowledge of and interest in learning about environmental exposures related to personal care products. Researchers also want to learn if there is a link between excessive weight and chemicals that may affect hormones.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for all trials
Started Jan 2026
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 15, 2025
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 22, 2025
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 6, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 31, 2027
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2027
April 27, 2026
April 1, 2026
2 years
August 15, 2025
April 22, 2026
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Outcome Measure
Questionnaires/Videos
Through study completion; an average of 1 year
Study Arms (3)
Pre-Focus Group Survey
Before your focus group session, you will complete computer-based surveys about your age, biological sex, gender, income, highest level of education, marital status, insurance status, and health behaviors. The online surveys may take up to 40 minutes to complete.
Focus Group Session
After completing the pre-focus group surveys, you will be assigned to a focus group. The focus group will include a warm-up discussion (10 minutes), a short audiovisual presentation (5 minutes) describing endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and open-ended questions facilitating discussions on environmental exposures and personal care product usage and ALAC program from your perspective (75 minutes). Focus groups will occur by Zoom video conferencing and will be audio- and video-recorded. The recording will be transcribed (written down) word-for-word, but without your name or any other identifying information. The digital audio and video files will be destroyed after they are transcribed.
Post-Focus Group Survey
After your focus group session, you will complete a computer-based survey to help researchers understand the products you use and things that you do in your everyday life, provide urine samples, and wear a wristband.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
MD Anderson Cancer Center
You may qualify if:
- Be a resident of Acres Home community
- Be 18 years of age and older
- Self-report a breast cancer diagnosis including subtypes OR be a family member of a survivor
- If a breast cancer survivor: current or former participants of the ALAC program
- Able to communicate in English
You may not qualify if:
- Self-report metastatic breast cancer diagnosis
- Unable to communicate in English
- Not a breast cancer survivor or family member of a survivor
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dede Teteh-Brooks, DRPH
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- CASE ONLY
- Time Perspective
- CROSS SECTIONAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 15, 2025
First Posted
August 22, 2025
Study Start
January 6, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2027
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2027
Last Updated
April 27, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-04