Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Breast Cancer on Employment Status, Financial Situation, and Quality of Life

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: survey web-based or telephone interview

• Registration Number: NCT01134172
• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how being treated for breast cancer affects patients' employment, financial situation, and quality of life on a short-term basis and on a long term basis. Most studies of employment after breast cancer have focused on Caucasian women.This study will evaluate the impact of breast cancer on the lives of women from different ethnic groups.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-05
• Study First Submitted: 2010-05-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-05-27
• Study First Posted: 2010-05-31
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-16
• Primary Completion: 2025-05
• Study Completion: 2025-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 935

Inclusion Criteria

Breast cancer survivors

• Pathologic diagnosis of stage I-III breast cancer
• Paid employment (full time or part time) at time of consent or in the three months prior to diagnosis
• Age 18 to 64 years (inclusive)
• The ability to give informed consent in Chinese (Mandarin), English, Korean, or Spanish.at MSK, New York Presbyterian Queens and Queens Medical Associates At NYC Health & Hospitals/ Lincoln Medical Center, patients must be able to give consent in English or Spanish.
• At the time of enrollment, participants must still be undergoing chemotherapy, undergoing radiation therapy, or planning surgery unless surgery is to be the only treatment modality. Those for whom treatment consists of surgery alone may have had their operation no more than 2 months prior to study enrollment. Participants need not have undergone surgical reconstruction prior to enrollment if the plan is to delay this procedure until after primary treatment is completed.

Comparison group

Paid employment (full time or part time) at the time of consent

• Age 18 to 64 years (inclusive) and within an age range that is 5 years above or below that of the nominating or matched survivor
• The ability to give informed consent in the same language as the nominating survivor
• Membership in the same ethnic group as the nominating survivor
• Not treated for cancer in the past year (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)

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Exclusion Criteria

• N/A

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Comparison group	survey web-based or telephone interview	Peer controls will be nominated by participants in the breast cancer survivor group or recruited by community outreach and matched for age, language, and ethnicity. This cohort is no longer recruiting.
Breast cancer survivors	survey web-based or telephone interview	Women being treated for stage I-III breast cancer who were employed prior to this diagnosis will be recruited in their physicians' offices.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare the impact of breast cancer on (a) employment status, (b) financial situation, and (c) QoL.	3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To identify barriers to employment and correlates of employment status, financial situation, and QoL.	3 years
To develop the methodology to evaluate discrimination in the labor market using a validated instrument and to determine whether or not labor market discrimination is exacerbated by a diagnosis of breast cancer.	3 years

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau; 🇺🇸 Uniondale, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth; 🇺🇸 Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering at Ralph Lauren; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Bellevue Hospital Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center; 🇺🇸 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge; 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

NYC Health & Hospitals /Lincoln Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Bronx, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack; 🇺🇸 Commack, New York, United States

Queens Medical Associates; 🇺🇸 Fresh Meadows, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester; 🇺🇸 Harrison, New York, United States

New York Presbyterian Queens; 🇺🇸 Queens, New York, United States