Patient-centered Communication About Healthy Weight in Early Breast Cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Other: Focus Group

• Registration Number: NCT04504201
• Lead Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Brief Summary

Comorbidities in breast cancer survival account for 49% of overall survival difference between black and white women. Many obesity-related comorbidities disproportionately affect black women, therefore pointing to a need to address obesity related comorbidities in survival disparities in early breast cancer patients. This study tinvestigates how messages and messaging about healthy weight can be tailored for racially diverse breast cancer survivors with obesity in order to ensure that clinic-based communications between patients and their oncology provider are patient-centered and culturally sensitive.

Detailed Description

The overall goal of this research is to collect essential input for the future development of a quality improvement intervention to foster "Patient-Center Communication about Healthy Weigh in clinical practice

Primary Objective:

1. Understand patient-centered perspectives on health weight communication with oncology clinicians by conducting focus groups

Secondary Objective

2. Understand oncology clinician perspectives on patient center communications for healthy weight interactions through semi-structured interviews.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-06-15
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-07
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-29
• Study Completion: 2020-09-29
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Cannot understand and speak English

INclusion Criteria for Oncology provider cohort:

• Breast cancer oncology provider in North Carolina with MD/DO/PA/NP/RN
• associated with community-based practices

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Early Breast Cancer Patients	Focus Group	Early breast cancer patients (Stage I-III) who have completed primary treatment with a current Body mass index (BMI) over 30.
Medical Oncology Clinicians	Focus Group	Oncology providers associated with community-based practices

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feedback from patients regarding healthy weight communication through focus groups	3 year	Summary of conversation based on 5A's Behavioral Change Model

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feedback from oncology providers regarding healthy weight communication through semi-structured interview	3 year	Provider suggestions on how to implement 5A's Behavioral change model into patient care

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States