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Living Well With Advanced Breast Cancer

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Questionnaires, Interviews

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Participants complete a survey and a semi-structured interview on study."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study looks at supportive care for people with advanced breast cancer. It asks what has helped, what has been hard, and what help they still need. Adults with breast cancer and adult caregivers may take part.

This study evaluates the use of supportive care in patients with advanced breast cancer to better understand what has helped them, what has been hard, and what kind of help they still need.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • You must be age 18 or older and fit one of the four groups below.
  • Group 1: You were diagnosed within the past 5 years with stage 4 breast cancer (cancer that has spread to other parts of the body) and have never been referred to Living Well With Advanced Breast Cancer (LWABC).
  • Group 2: You were diagnosed within the past 5 years with stage 4 breast cancer and have canceled an appointment with LWABC.
  • Group 3: You visited the Medical Oncology Clinic at Stephanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center within the past 5 years and completed an appointment with LWABC.
  • Group 4: You are a caregiver for someone with advanced breast cancer.

Who can't join

  • Patients who cannot give their own informed consent (understand the study and agree to take part).

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * \* COHORT 1: * Diagnosis of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer within the past 5 years * Never been referred to the LWABC * Adults age ≥ 18 years * COHORT 2: * Diagnosis of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer within the past 5 years * Have cancelled an appointment with the LWABC * Adults age ≥ 18 years * COHORT 3: * Been seen in the Medical Oncology Clinic at Stephanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center (SSCBC) within the past 5 years * Completed an appointment with the LWABC * Adults age ≥ 18 years * COHORT 4: * Caregivers for ABC patients * Adults age ≥ 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who cannot provide own informed consent

Study sites (1)

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