Nurse phone calls may keep breast cancer patients safer on targeted therapy
NCT ID NCT07524829
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether regular phone or video calls from a trained oncology nurse can help breast cancer patients on CDK inhibitor drugs catch and manage side effects early. About 124 women will be randomly assigned to either standard care or standard care plus structured telenursing follow-up. The goal is to see if this approach reduces the number and severity of side effects, emergency visits, and treatment interruptions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Structured telenursing follow-up (telephone or video consultations by trained oncology nurses)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, home-based way to catch and manage side effects early, helping patients stay on treatment and avoid emergency visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage behavioral study, not testing a new drug. The benefit may be modest or hard to prove, and results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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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 124 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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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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 years * Histologically confirmed breast cancer * Ongoing treatment with CDK 4/6 inhibitors (e.g., palbociclib, ribociclib, abemaciclib) * Ability to understand and provide informed consent * Access to a telephone or digital communication device for telenursing follow-up Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to comply with the study procedures * Cognitive impairment or psychiatric conditions interfering with participation * Participation in another interventional clinical trial that may affect study outcomes * Severe comorbidities limiting life expectancy or follow-up
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardinal Massaia Hospital - S.C. Oncology, Azienda Sanitaria Locale AT (ASL AT)
RECRUITINGAsti, ASTI, 14100, Italy
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