Can a simple screening improve breast cancer care? study investigates
NCT ID NCT06019988
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how to best collect information about social and behavioral needs (like housing, food, or transportation) from women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Researchers will compare different screening tools and methods (like chatbots or phone calls) to see which works best. The goal is to help connect patients to support services faster and improve their care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 2,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Based on available EHR data, patients will be eligible for Activities 1 and 2 if they: * Are referred to one of the following locations for surgical consult following a new diagnosis of operable (Stage 0-III) breast cancer: the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC), Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH), and Penn Medicine Radnor * Are female * Are 18 years of age or older, and * Are able to read and speak English or Spanish Clinicians and clinical leaders will be eligible for participation in Activity 2 if they: * Presently work as a clinician or clinical leader in breast surgery or oncology * Access PennChart as an aspect of their clinical duties * Are 18 years of age or older * Are able to read and speak English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: Based on available EHR data, patients will be ineligible if they: * Are listed as not wanting to be contacted or solicited for research; * Have known metastatic disease at time of enrollment; and/or * Do not otherwise meet all of the enrollment criteria Clinicians and clinical leaders will be ineligible for participation in Activity 2 if they: * Are not presently engaged in clinical duties or * Do not otherwise meet all of the enrollment criteria This study will not exclude men or nonbinary people who may be diagnosed with breast cancer, but investigators anticipate the sample size for these characteristics will be too small to support meaningful analysis.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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