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Improving Communication and Adherence in Black Breast Cancer Survivors (Sisters Informing Sisters)

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorVirginia Commonwealth University
Started2021-03-01
Est. completion2026-02-28
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
SexFEMALE
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations3 sites

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test an evidence-based intervention designed to increase adherence to systemic therapy in Black women compared to enhanced usual care.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Sex: FEMALEHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-identify as Black
* Newly diagnosed (\~4 weeks post-definitive surgery and prior to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy) patients (stage I-III)
* Eligible for chemotherapy or endocrine therapy according to NCCN guidelines, but have not initiated systemic therapy
* Ability to read and speak English
* Ability to provide meaningful consent as determined by trained study personnel and/or a member of the patient's care team
* No prior cancer treatment (other than skin cancer) in the two years preceding enrollment
* Physicians Must be a license doctor of study patient(s)
* Ability to speak English

Conditions2

Breast CancerCancer

Locations3 sites

District of Columbia

2 sites
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007
Hurtado de Mendozaahd28@georgetown.edu
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010

Virginia

1 site
Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, Virginia, 23298
Vanessa B Sheppard, PhD804-628-2700vanessa.sheppard@vcuhealth.org

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