A Co-Design Approach To Support Oral Anticancer Medication Use In Breast Cancer.

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Ephrem Abebe, MD

Primary Investigator

Overview

1.      To identify unmet medication management needs of patients with breast cancer receiving oral anticancer medications.
 
2.       To co-design early prototype intervention with patients to support medication management needs of breast cancer.

Description

This is a single-site study to assess patients’ experience related to oral anticancer medication use and identify unmet need of patients. We plan to enroll 15-20 patients for a journey mapping interview and additional 5-7 patients for focus group meeting same eligibility criteria. Topics to explore include: medication management tasks, tools used to support such tasks, information received, persons involved and support received, communication patient had and the contexts where medication use occurs (i.e., organizational, spatial, and socio-cultural contexts).   

Eligibility

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

  • Conditions:
    breast cancer, cancer treatment
  • Age: Between 18 Years - 100 Years
  • Gender: All

Inclusion Criteria:
    ≥ 18 years old and diagnosed with Breast cancer.
     Currently receiving orally administered anticancer medications such as targeted agents and hormonal agents (examples listed in table 1) or recent history of using any of these drugs (last dose within 3-6 months) at the time of recruitment
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Exclusion Criteria:
  • ·         Severe illness that precludes voluntary consent
    ·         Hearing, vision, and cognitive impairment
    ·         Unable to provide verbal consent without assistance

Updated on 27 Apr 2024. Study ID: 18075; PHARM-IUSCCC-0821
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