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

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute30 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Interventions

YES portalOTHER

The YES portal is designed to collect and assess participants' toxicities and symptoms, as well as informational needs in between visits with their clinician

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 44 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Frequency of logging into the portal.

To measure the number of times participants engage with the portal using log in data collected from back-end of portal.

Time frame: 2 years

Time spent in the portal.

To summarize the number of hours/minutes the participant spent using portal through data collected from back-end of portal.

Time frame: 2 years

Time spent responding the survey.

To summarize the number of hours/minutes the survey takes to complete through data collected from back-end of portal.

Time frame: 2 years

Frequency of information downloads.

To measure the number of times participants download the resource sources provided through data collected from back-end of portal.

Time frame: 2 years

Participant-reported utility of the portal.

Investigator developed questions will be used to assess the utility of the portal including the perceived usefulness of portal in addressing symptoms and needs and ease of use.

Time frame: 2 years

Participant-reported recommendations for improving the portal.

Investigator developed questions asking participants for feedback pertaining to ways to improve the portal and processes.

Time frame: 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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