Health-Related Quality of Life Coupled With Therapeutic Information on Compliance to Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer (COMPLIANCE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04176809 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 25, 2019
Last Update Posted : June 1, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Other: Routine Assessment of HRQoL coupled with Therapeutic Information | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 342 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Eligible patients who agree to participate will be randomized into two parallel arms (ratio 1:1) by the minimization technique with stratification by age, stage, presence or absence of comorbidities and type of endocrine therapy prescribed |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Other |
Official Title: | Impact of Routine Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life Coupled With Therapeutic Information on Compliance With Endocrine Therapy in Patients With Non-metastatic Breast Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 14, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Interventional arm
The intervention will consist in an electronic measurement of HRQoL before each consultation with delivery scores to clinicians, who can discuss it with patients and coupled with therapeutic information. Patients will complete the EORTC-Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ)-C30 and the EORTC-QLQ-Breast (BR) 23 questionnaires using the CHES software before their consultation, via a touch pad or from their home via a secure web portal. Therapeutic information will consist on workshops on various themes. Only attendance Workshop 1 will be required, other workshops will be optional. The aim of workshop 1 is to inform patients about their ET and treatment benefits. Two additional optional workshops on nutrition (Workshop 2) and fatigue (Workshop 3) will be offered. This workshops will be collective. Every month, a letter encouraging patients to regularly take their medication will be sent. This letter will also include some tips on how to deal with some particular side effects of ET.
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Other: Routine Assessment of HRQoL coupled with Therapeutic Information
Participants will complete the EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC-QLQ-BR23 questionnaires before their consultation via the CHES software. The scores will then be generated and provided to clinicians in a graphic form, describing scores course. Access to CHES web portal will also be open to participants outside consultation time points, to enable them to monitor HRQoL if necessary. Workshop 1, will help patients to recognize and react to the occurrence of possible adverse effects, and anticipate their occurrence through appropriate preventive means. In workshop 2, participants will have the opportunity to express their representations and experiences related to their diet and the consequences of disease and treatments on diet. In workshop 3, participants can describe their experiences of fatigue and how their life is affected by it. Moreover, they can identify possible causes and finally discuss solutions to better this symptom. Every month, a reminder letter will also be sent to participants. |
No Intervention: Control arm
Participants in the control arm will receive standard care. They will not undergo digital HRQoL collection, and therapeutic information workshops will not be proposed.
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- Number of participants compliant with endocrine therapy as assessed by Morisky Green Levine (MGL) scale [ Time Frame: 12 months after the onset of endocrine therapy ]Compliance with endocrine therapy, will be evaluated using the Morisky Green Levine scale (MGL). It has a range of 0 to 4, where 0 is very low and 4 is highest. Patients are categorized according to three levels of adherence: high (score equal to 4), moderate (score equal to 2 or 3) and low (score equal to 0 or 1). Participants will be considered as compliant if they have a high adherence score in MGL scale.
- Number of anxious and depress participants as assessed by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [ Time Frame: at baseline and 12 months after the onset of endocrine therapy ]HADS has 14 items rated from 0 to 3 and covers 2 dimensions. Seven questions related to the anxiety dimension and seven other related to the depressive dimension, yielding 2 scores, A (Anxiety) and D (Depression). The maximum score for each dimension is 21. A score of 11 or higher indicates the probable presence of the disorder.
- social support as assessed by Sarason's Social Support Questionnaire 6-item (SSQ6) [ Time Frame: at baseline and 12 months after the onset of endocrine therapy ]
Social support is measured across 2 dimensions: support availability, through the number of contacts that the patient can count on (0 to 9 people) and quality of support, through patient satisfaction with support received.
Each item represents a situation in which the patient may need support. Patient is asked to cite the number of people that she could count on in that particular situation. Concerning the second item, the patient is asked to assess satisfaction with the support provided. The scores are generated according to Sarason's recommendations. A score is calculated for each dimension. Support availability score is calculated as the sum of the number of people available for the 6 items, this score ranges from 0 to 54, with 54 representing the highest availability. The social support satisfaction score is calculated by the sum of the satisfaction of the 6 items. This score ranges from 6 to 36, with 36 representing the highest level of satisfaction
- HRQoL data using Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy-General questionnaire (FACT-G) [ Time Frame: at baseline and 12 months after the onset of endocrine therapy ]HRQoL data using the Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy General (FACT-G) questionnaire will be assessed at inclusion in both arms to ensure comparability between groups and at 12 months, to assess the predictive value of HRQoL on compliance to endocrine therapy. The FACT-G instrument assesses 4 HRQoL domains: physical well-being (7 items); social and/or family well-being (7 items); emotional well-being (6 items); and functional well-being (7 items). Respondents use a 5-point Likert-type scale which rates the relevant domain from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). From these subscales a global score is obtained. The FACT-G total score vary from 0 to 108. The higher the score, the better the HRQoL.
- Patient satisfaction with care as assessed by European Organization Research and Treatment Cancer 33-item Satisfaction with cancer care core questionnaire (EORTC PATSAT-C33) and its module 7-item Outpatient Satisfaction with care (EORTC OUT-PATSAT-7) [ Time Frame: at baseline and 12 months after the onset of endocrine therapy ]The European Organization Research and Treatment Cancer 33-item Satisfaction with cancer care core (EORTC PATSAT-C33) questionnaire and its module 7-item Outpatient Satisfaction with care (EORTC OUT-PATSAT-7) assess perceptions of cancer patients regarding the quality of care received. The EORTC PATSAT-C33 includes 3 sections on the perceived quality of care provided by physicians, radiotherapy nurses/technicians and services/care organization. The first one includes 3 dimensions that address technical skills, quality and quantity of information exchanged and behavior. The second one has 2 dimensions: information provision and reactivity and affective behavior. The third one has 3 dimensions: coordination, interaction with the healthcare team and 5 single items. The module EORTC-OUT-PATSAT7 includes 2 dimensions dealing with convenience of care and transition and a single item on continuity of care. The score vary from 0 to 100. A higher score indicates higher level of satisfaction.
- Physician perception regarding the utility of systematic HRQoL evaluation as assessed by an ad-hoc questionnaire [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 3 years ]Physician perception regarding the utility of systematic HRQoL evaluation will be assessed using an ad hoc questionnaire derived from the work of Velikova, including the perceived utility and satisfaction of routine assessment HRQoL, reasons for use/non-use and the intention to adopt this assessment in routine care. This questionnaire does not generate a score but give us information on the points mention above.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women aged 18 and over
- With non-metastatic hormone receptor positive breast cancer
- Women will have to be at the end of primary treatment
- An indication for endocrine therapy treatment during 5 to 10 years
- be affiliated to a French social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme
- agreed to participate by signing a written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants who participate in another clinical trial where HRQoL is assessed
- Women for whom HRQoL evaluation is not possible (cognitive disorders, psychiatric disorders, people who do not speak French, etc.).
- Vulnerable participants (pregnant women, etc.)

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): NCT04176809
Contact: Sandrine DABAKUYO, PhD, HDR | 0345348067 ext +33 | sdabakuyo@cgfl.fr | |
Contact: Ariane MAMGUEM KAMGA, PhD | 0345348069 ext +33 | amamguem@cgfl.fr |
France | |
Centre Georges François Leclerc | Recruiting |
Dijon, France | |
Contact: Sandrine DABAKUYO, PhD,HDR sdabakuyo@cgfl.fr | |
Contact: Ariane MAMGUEM KAMGA, PhD amamguem@cgfl.fr |
Principal Investigator: | Isabelle DESMOULINS, MD | Georges François Leclerc Centre |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Centre Georges Francois Leclerc |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04176809 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2019-A01323-54 |
First Posted: | November 25, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 1, 2021 |
Last Verified: | May 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Health Related Quality of Life Compliance Endocrine Therapy Therapeutic Information |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |