Additional Support Program Via Text Messaging and Telephone-Based Counseling for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Hormonal Therapy (NCT04379570)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This phase III trial compares an additional support program (text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling) with usual care in making sure breast cancer patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed (medication adherence). Medication adherence is how well patients take the medication as prescribed by their doctors, and good medical adherence is when patients take medications correctly. Poor medication adherence has been shown to be a serious barrier to effective treatment for hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients. Adding text message reminders and/or telephone-based counseling to usual care may increase the number of days that patients take their endocrine therapy medication as prescribed.
Who can join: Review the eligibility criteria below.
Location: University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
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📍 All Participating Trial Locations (526 Sites)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama
- Fairbanks Memorial Hospital — Fairbanks, Alaska
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Gilbert — Gilbert, Arizona
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care-Peoria — Peoria, Arizona
- Cancer Center at Saint Joseph's — Phoenix, Arizona
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Phoenix — Phoenix, Arizona
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Osborn — Scottsdale, Arizona
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care - Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona
- Arizona Center for Cancer Care-Surprise — Surprise, Arizona
- Mercy Hospital Fort Smith — Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim — Anaheim, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Deer Valley Medical Center — Antioch, California
- Mission Hope Medical Oncology - Arroyo Grande — Arroyo Grande, California
- Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital — Auburn, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park — Baldwin Park, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Bellflower — Bellflower, California
- UCSF Cancer Center - Berkeley — Berkeley, California
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus — Berkeley, California
- Enloe Medical Center — Chico, California
- Adventist Health Cancer Care Center Chico — Chico, California
- Kaiser Permanente Dublin — Dublin, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Fontana — Fontana, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Fremont — Fremont, California
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Fremont — Fremont, California
- Kaiser Permanente-Fresno — Fresno, California
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.