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Peer Support for Young Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

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Research Sponsored by Georgetown University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 12 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help assess how well a 3-session peer coach-led telephone counseling intervention helps young adult female relatives of carriers of BRCA1/2 manage their distress and make decisions about their health.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for young adult women aged 21-30 who are biological relatives of someone with a BRCA1/2 mutation, indicating high breast cancer risk. Participants must be able to speak English or Spanish and provide informed consent. Men or women carriers of the mutation can also join if they're over 18.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study compares a telephone counseling intervention led by peer coaches against usual care navigation to community support for hereditary cancer. It aims to see how this affects distress, decision-making, and uptake of genetic counseling in participants over time.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves counseling sessions rather than medical treatments, traditional side effects like those seen with medications are not expected. However, discussing sensitive topics may cause emotional discomfort.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Cancer-related distress

Decisional conflict

Genetic counseling

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: PeACE peer coaching armExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Behavioral, PeACE, PeACE consists of 3 streamlined 30-minute psychosocial telephone counseling sessions delivered by a well-trained peer coach. Coaches are lay YARs from HBOC families demonstrating good knowledge, communication skills, and protocol mastery.

Group II: Community peer coaching armActive Control1 Intervention

Behavioral, usual care, Participants in the usual care arm will receive navigation to peer support with a range of community groups who provide these services.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Georgetown UniversityLead Sponsor

343 Previous Clinical Trials

135,942 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Community peer coaching Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04248257 — N/A

Breast Cancer Risk Research Study Groups: Community peer coaching arm, PeACE peer coaching arm

Breast Cancer Risk Clinical Trial 2023: Community peer coaching Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04248257 — N/A

Community peer coaching 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04248257 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there still any openings for this clinical trial?

"According to the clinicaltrials.gov database, this trial is actively seeking patients as of now. The initiative was first posted on July 15th 2020 and has most recently been amended on April 22nd 2022."

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How many healthcare facilities are currently conducting the research trial?

"Georgetown University in Washington D.C., Hackensack Univeristy Medical Center in New jersey, and Dana Farber Cancer Center of Massachusetts are a few examples of the 5 trial sites hosting this clinical research."

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How many individuals are being tracked in this research experiment?

"Affirmative. According to the facts provided by clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial has been in operation since July 15th 2020 and is still on the lookout for participants. 560 individuals are needed from 5 different locations."

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Recent research and studies

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Peer Support For Young Adult Women With High Breast Cancer Risk

2020. "Peer Support For Young Adult Women With High Breast Cancer Risk". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04248257.

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