Could a support program ease the side effects of breast cancer hormone therapy?
NCT ID NCT04794075
First seen Aug 05, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether adding a nurse-led education and support program to standard care helps women with non-metastatic breast cancer better manage side effects from hormone therapy. Participants will attend an educational session and receive personalized guidance and phone follow-up. The study compares their side effect burden and quality of life over a year against those receiving standard care alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Therapeutic education and nursing support program for supportive care
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could become a standard addition to breast cancer care, helping women on hormone therapy manage side effects better and improve their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- The program's success depends on patient engagement and may not significantly reduce side effects compared to standard care. It is also limited to French-speaking women with internet access.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
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 to 75 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Female patients aged 18 to 75 years inclusive * Patients with non-metastatic breast cancer for whom adjuvant hormone therapy (anti-oestrogen or anti-aromatase) is indicated, depending on the decision of the multidisciplinary consultation meeting. * Performance status (ECOG) ≤ 2 * Patient able to read and understand French (common use) * Patient with access to an internet connection (for collection of adverse events and responses to questionnaires on the electronic platform) * Patient who has been informed and has given written consent to participate in the study * Patient affiliated to the French social security system or equivalent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with metastatic cancer (stage IV) * Patient undergoing neoadjuvant hormone therapy * Patient who started hormone therapy prior to inclusion in the study * Patient with a history of other cancer treated by radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormone therapy, with an end of treatment less than 2 years ago. * For patients in the experimental group: Inability of the patient to travel to the hospital to attend the initial assessment day and the proposed group outpatient workshops; follow-up of the program difficult for geographical, physical or other reasons (at the discretion of the investigator). * For patients in the control group: patients for whom telephone nursing follow-up is planned for 2 months or more or more than 4 sessions of therapeutic education. * Pregnant and breastfeeding women * Patient with a documented history of cognitive or psychiatric disorders * Refusal to participate, protected adult patient, under guardianship or curatorship
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
9 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH de Carcassonne
RECRUITINGCarcassonne, France
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CHAL - Centre Hospitalier Alpes Léman
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGContamine-sur-Arve, 74130, France
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Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux
RECRUITINGLe Puy-en-Velay, 43000, France
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Centre Hospitalier François Quesnay
RECRUITINGMantes-la-Jolie, 78200, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne - Hôpital Nord
RECRUITINGSaint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42270, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse / Fleyriat
RECRUITINGBourg-en-Bresse, 01000, France
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Clinique De L'infirmerie Protestante De Lyon
RECRUITINGCaluire-et-Cuire, 69300, France
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Groupement Hospitalier Portes de Provence
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontélimar, 26200, France
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Médipôle Lyon-Villeurbanne
RECRUITINGVilleurbanne, 69100, France
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