A Decision Aid for Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00201929 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 20, 2005
Last Update Posted
: June 29, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Procedure: Standard Decision Board Procedure: Computer Decision Board Procedure: Paper Decision Board | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 300 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Official Title: | Development and Evaluation of Different Versions of the Decision Board for Early Breast Cancer |
Study Start Date : | April 2002 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2006 |

- Patient comprehension
- Patient satisfaction with information transfer
- Patient satisfaction with decision making
- Physician satisfaction with information transfer
- Physician satisfaction with decision making
- Time required for administration of the instrument
- Patient preference for decision making

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Chemotherapy Group:
- Female
- Histologically documented invasive carcinoma of the breast treated with modified radical mastectomy or lumpectomy
- Axillary node dissection
- Chemotherapy alone or in addition to tamoxifen as an appropriate treatment option
Surgery Group:
- Female
- Newly diagnosed carcinoma of the breast diagnosed either by cytology or pathological examination, OR if no biopsy, a strong clinical suspicion of malignancy
- Clinical stage I or II disease
- Candidate for breast conserving surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
Chemotherapy Group:
- Candidate for CEF chemotherapy
- Clinical evidence of metastatic disease
- Serious comorbidity that would preclude receiving chemotherapy treatment
- Unable to speak or read English fluently (including visual impairment)
- Mentally incompetent including any psychiatric or addictive disorders that would preclude shared decision-making
Surgery Group:
- Previous surgery for breast cancer
- Previous breast irradiation
- Pregnant
- Clinical suspicion of bilateral breast cancer
- Serious comorbidity that would preclude definitive surgery
- Unable to speak or read English fluently (including visual impairment)
- Mentally incompetent including any psychiatric or addictive disorder that would preclude shared decision making

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00201929
Canada, Ontario | |
Denise Schnider | |
Brantford, Ontario, Canada, N3R 1G8 | |
Ken Reed | |
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1E 6L9 | |
Susan Reid | |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5 | |
Barbara Heller | |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8P 3A9 | |
Ken Sanders | |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 4T9 | |
Juravinski Cancer Centre | |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 5C2 | |
Nabih Mattar | |
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, N3Y 1T4 | |
Anna Kobylecky | |
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3P1 | |
Peter Koziarz | |
Welland, Ontario, Canada, L3B 5X9 |
Study Chair: | Timothy Whelan, MD | Juravinski Cancer Centre |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00201929 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SCCR-Unit-Decision Board DAMD17-98-1-8100 |
First Posted: | September 20, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 29, 2007 |
Last Verified: | June 2007 |
Keywords provided by Ontario Clinical Oncology Group (OCOG):
breast cancer decision aid Decision Board information transfer |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |