Pilot study to evaluate the incidence and nature of unplanned medical visits for patients with early breast cancer during the course of their management following surgery: PATIPS-A

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Cancer; Cancer - Breast

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000276752
• Lead Sponsor: Breast Cancer Research Centre - WA

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-03-07
• Study Completion: 2016-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 12 April 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

i.Patient consent
ii.Consecutive patients who will be receiving radiation therapy and/or who will receive chemotherapy.
iii.English is the first language
iv.Residential address in the Perth greater metropolitan area
v.Regular GP as defined by the patient or no regular GP available. (GP consent is not considered necessary as SP and GP have recognised joint responsibility for the patient and if the patient consents to study, it is implied that communications between the GP and SP is freely provided)

Exclusion Criteria

i.Patient not to receive either chemotherapy or radiation therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The nature and frequency of adverse events related to surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in patients with early breast cancer.<br>Typical adverse events would include seroma, wound infection, moist desquamation, neutropenic sepsis. This will be assessed by the patient self report diary.[End of study assessment.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
First point of medical contact for management of adverse event<br>Assessed by patient self report diary and routine medical file notes<br>[End of Study];Treatment recommended for adverse event<br>Assessed by patient self report diary and routine medical file notes[End of study];Adverse event outcome<br>Assessed by patient self report diary and routine medical file notes[End of study];Rates and reason for hospitalisation<br>Assessed by patient self report diary and routine medical file notes[End of study]