Talking to Employers and Medical Staff About Breast Cancer Treatment and Your Job

Last updated: March 20, 2025
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Breast Cancer

Cancer

Treatment

Information Booklet

TEAMWork App

Clinical Study ID

NCT03572374
18-217
  • Ages > 18
  • Female

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is learn more about how being treated for breast cancer affects patients' employment. Researchers are testing an early version of a mobile app designed to help breast cancer patients keep their jobs during and after treatment. The app provides advice for patients to use when having conversations about breast cancer with their employers and their doctors. The app is called TEAMWork (Talking to Employers And Medical staff about Work). In this study, the investigators are asking breast cancer patients who are about to receive treatment or who are currently receiving treatment to tell us what aspects of the app work well, so that they can learn how to improve it.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient Usability Testing Inclusion Criteria:

  • History of a cancer diagnosis

  • At least 18 years of age

  • Male or Female

  • The ability to give informed consent in English or Spanish

  • Able to use and read a smartphone (iPhone or Android)

  • Has a smartphone (iPhone or Android)

Community Usability Testing Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 18 years of age

  • Male or Female

  • The ability to give informed consent in English or Spanish

  • Able to use and read a smartphone (iPhone or Android)

  • Has a smartphone (iPhone or Android)

Focus Group and Interview Inclusion Criteria:

  • Completed chemotherapy treatment for stage I-III breast cancer.

  • Age 18 to 64 (inclusive)

  • Female

  • Paid employment (full time or part time) in the three months prior to diagnosis orat time of consent to MSK protocol #10-071 (PI: Blinder)

  • The ability to give informed consent in English or Spanish

  • Able to use and read a smartphone (iPhone or Android)

  • Has a smartphone (iPhone or Android)

For Cohort 2:

  • Participants was covered by Emergency Medicaid at the time of diagnosis and/or atany point during their treatment for breast cancer

RCT Inclusion Criteria:

  • Localized invasive breast cancer (not stage 0 or stage IV) per EMR or breast cancer (not stage 0 or stage IV) per self-report for community participants

  • If electronic medical record does not specify stage and patient is undergoing (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy, assume stage is I, II or III

  • Planning to undergo or undergoing adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy per EMR orplanning to undergo or undergo chemotherapy per self-report for communityparticipants

  • Age 18 to 64 (inclusive)

  • Female

  • Employment statue of (full time or part time) (those who are on disabilityleave/medical leave, and other unique employment circumstances at the PI's dicretionare eligible)

  • Language preference as English or Spanish

  • Able to use and read a smartphone or tablet (e.g. iPad, iPhone or Android)

  • Has access to a smartphone or tablet (e.g. iPad, iPhone or Android)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

RCT Exclusion Criteria:

  • Stage 0 breast cancer (DCIS only)

  • Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer

  • Recurrence with metastases of breast cancer

  • Participants or family members who are participating in MSK IHCD studies related tosocial determinants of health

Study Design

Total Participants: 546
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Information Booklet
Phase:
Study Start date:
June 07, 2018
Estimated Completion Date:
June 30, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • Memoral Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent and Follow-up)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent and Follow-up)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent and Follow-up)

    Middletown, New Jersey 07748
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent and Follow up)

    Montvale, New Jersey 07645
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

    Bronx, New York 10451
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    Bronx, New York 10467
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack

    Commack, New York 11725
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent and Follow-up)

    Harrison, New York 10604
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital

    Jamaica, New York 11432
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Bellevue Hospital Center (Data Collection Only)

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Rockville Centre

    Rockville Centre, New York 11570
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

    Uniondale, New York 11553
    United States

    Site Not Available

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