Clinical trial NCT02300675: Therapeutic Education Intervention in Breast Cancer: PEPs Hormonotherapy
Official title: Development and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Education Intervention Focused on the Accession of Patients Treated With Hormonal Therapy in the Management of Breast Cancer: PEPs Hormonotherapy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Keywords: therapeutic patient education
patient adherence
empowerment
breast cancer
oral adjuvant endocrine therapy
side effects
Lead sponsor: Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-11-25
Enrollment: 352
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and the effectiveness of a patient education program on patients' adherence to adjuvant hormone therapy (anti-estrogen or aromatase inhibitors) for breast cancer, in collaboration with teams of sociologists, patient education and medical oncologists.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged over 18
* History of breast cancer
* Medical prescription for an adjuvant hormonal treatment (anti-estrogens and / or aromatase inhibitors) as monotherapy or in combination with other treatments
* Affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal to participate, patient protected by guardianship.
* Patient unable to understand the study or unable to follow the education sessions.
* Patient with documented cognitive or psychiatric history.
* Geographical remotness (more than 100 Kms).

Primary outcomes:
measure: measuring changes in patient compliance
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: measure of the patients' competence in the management of treatment side effects
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Measuring the level of knowledge of patients related to the disease, the treatment and its side effects
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Measuring the level of patient anxiety
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Measuring the level of confidence of patients related to their treatment
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: patients' quality of life assessment
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Pierre Bénite
country: France
facility: CH Lyon Sud
city: Saint-Etienne
country: France
facility: Hôpital Privé de la Loire
city: Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
country: France
facility: Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire
Study officials:
affiliation: Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire
name: Aurélie Bourmaud, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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