A New Tool to Promote Patient's Engagement in Their Healthcare Process

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorEuropean Institute of Oncology

About this trial

Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer need to make a decision about the therapeutic treatment to undertake. Since multiple factors can influence this decision, it is necessary to develop a decision-making support tool to assist them in making this choice.

Main Objective: To develop a decision-making support tool for determining the treatment to undertake for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and test its effectiveness on an experimental group.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

be 18 or older;

have received/receive diagnosis of resectable breast cancer in the early stage;

women treated or who will undergo oncological treatment for early breast cancer;

demonstrate the absence of psychopathological features.

Disqualifiers

breast cancer patients who showed physical or psychological issues, as well as cognitive impairments that prohibited their participation in this type of study;

neurological or psychiatric disorders that may compromise the patients' ability to take part in the study.

Distant metastases from breast cancer or locally advanced/unresectable disease

Known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Healthcare professionals
  • Patients PDA group
  • Patients control group

Treatment groups

180 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators