Effect of Advertisements on Treatment Compliance in Women With Breast Cancer

Institut Bergonié65 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Interventions

counseling interventionOTHER

psychosocial assessment and carePROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of breast cancer * Hormone receptor status not specified PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Female * Menopausal status not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Treatment compliance

Secondary Outcomes

Factors affecting adherence to the medical plan

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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