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NCT Number: NCT05926024

Long-Term Follow-Up in Women With Early Breast Cancer Three Years of More Post Primary Treatment

This study evaluates whether there are pre-treatment factors such as patient characteristics, specific breast cancer type, specific treatments, toxicities, or adverse events during treatment that may impact the quality of life and function, 3 years or more after the treatment, in cancer-free subjects.

There will be 2 groups. Cohort A: Women who participated in previous studies namely NCT02167932, NCT02328313, and NCT03761706, will be re-contacted and consent for this study activities. Cohort B: Women with breast cancer, who did not receive chemotherapy, will be consented to be included in the study, and their electronic medical data will be used.

Furthermore, the long-term effects of treatment and a biomarker of aging cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A,p16INK4a) and relation will be assessed.

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Key information

Conditions

Breast Cancer Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Disease Attributes Disease Progression Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Pathologic Complete Response Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Skin Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

In order to participate in this study a subject must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below.

  • Informed consent was obtained per Institutional Review Board guidelines to participate in the study and HIPAA authorization for the release of personal health information.
  • Subjects are willing and able to comply with study procedures based on the judgment of the investigator or protocol designee.
  • Age ≥21 years at the time of consent.
  • Able to read and comprehend English.
  • No breast cancer recurrence or metastasis; no other cancer diagnosis other than basal cell or squamous cell cancers.

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to read or comprehend English.
  • Breast cancer recurrence or metastasis; any other cancer diagnosis other than basal cell or squamous cell cancer.

Treatment and study plan

Exercise Recall Patient Reported Outcomes

Behavioral

Questionnaire items inquire about (1) the number of days of the week participants engage in walking for pleasure or exercise and (2) the number of minutes per day that participants engage in walking for pleasure or exercise. The same two questions are repeated pertaining to exercise in general. Completion of these items takes 1 minute to complete.

Health Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ)30 Patient Reported Outcomes

Behavioral

Health Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ)30 -- Questionnaire items pertain to the history of smoking, engagement in vigorous physical activity, alcohol consumption, and mortality status of parents, and take less than 1 minute to complete.

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) Patient Reported Outcomes

Behavioral

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) is a quality of life and function measure developed and validated over 20 years ago that has been used in hundreds of cancer studies worldwide. It consists of four well-being domains -- physical, social/family, emotional, and functional. The FACT-G (Version 4) is a 27-item instrument that is formatted for self-administration and uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=not at all, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much). The recall period is "during the past 7 days". It takes 6-8 minutes for an average patient to complete.

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) Patient Reported Outcomes

Behavioral

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) is a 13-item scale that uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=not at all, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much). The recall period is "during the past 7 days". This measure takes about 1 minute to complete.

Patient Reported Outcomes PROMIS Cognitive Function (Short Form 8a)

Behavioral

PROMIS Cognitive Function (Short Form 8a) includes 8 items on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from very often/several times a day = 1 to never = 5, with higher scores indicating greater perceived loss of cognitive function. This measure takes less than 1 minute to complete.

Patient Reported Outcomes Functional Assessment of Cancer-Gynecology Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-NTX-12)

Behavioral

Functional Assessment of Cancer-Gynecology Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-NTX-12) is a questionnaire that includes 12 items inquiring about symptoms in the past 7 days (0=not at all to 4=very much) pertaining to numbness or tingling in hands/feet, discomfort in hands/feet, joint pain or muscle cramps, weakness all over, trouble hearing, ringing/buzzing in ears, buttoning buttons, trouble feeling the shape of small objects in hands, trouble walking, and pain in hands/feet in cold temperatures. This measure takes about t 1 minute to complete.

Patient Reported Outcomes PROMIS

Behavioral

PROMIS Measures Global Health (10 items), Anxiety (6 items), Depression (8 items), and Stress (10 items). All items are on a 5-point Likert-type scale form never to very often. Completion of all 34 items should take no more than 3 minutes to complete.

Patient Reported Outcomes FACT-Endocrine Symptoms

Behavioral

FACT-Endocrine Symptom is a 19-item questionnaire inquiring about hot flashes, cold sweats, night sweats; vaginal discharge, itching/irritation, bleeding or spotting, dryness; pain or discomfort with intercourse, loss of interest in sex; weight gain; lightheadedness; vomiting; diarrhea; headaches; bloating; breast sensitivity/tenderness; mood swings; irritability; pain in joints. Responses are on a 5- point Likert-type scale from not at all to very much. This measure takes about two minutes to complete.

Patient Reported Outcomes Penn Arthralgia Aging Survey

Behavioral

Penn Arthralgia Aging Survey is an 8-item scale inquiring about joint pain, with a 4-point response scale from not at all to complete. Items pertaining to slowing down, stopping, being hesitant, unable to do this, and feeling unusually aged. This measure takes less than a minute to complete.

Patient Reported Outcomes PRO-CTCAE (patient-reported CTCAE)

Behavioral

PRO-CTCAE (patient-reported CTCAE) is Patients will be asked about the side effects of chemotherapy treatment at baseline, every 3 weeks during chemotherapy, at the end of chemotherapy, and at 6 months post-chemotherapy. Patients are asked to rate "in the past 7 days" the average severity, frequency, and intensity and a scale from 1=none/never/not at all to 5=very severe/very much/almost all of the time. Symptom list: Abdominal pain, Constipation, Diarrhea. Mucositis oral, Nausea, Vomiting, Edema limbs, Fatigue, Pain, Arthralgia, Myalgia, Peripheral sensory neuropathy, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Dyspnea, Rash maculopapular, Hot flashes. Completion of these measures takes 5 minutes for an average patient

p16 tumor suppressor gene

Diagnostic Test

Blood samples will be obtained to test the p16 tumor suppressor gene from the subjects It is voluntary..

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Functional Well-being

    Time frame: At least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Change in Functional Well-being will be measured by FACT-G Functional Well-bein in participants who received chemotherapy (Cohort A).

    Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) is a quality of life and function measure developed and validated over 20 years ago that has been used in hundreds of cancer studies worldwide. It consists of four well-being domains -- physical, social/family, emotional, and functional. The FACT-G (Version 4) is a 27-item instrument that is formatted for self-administration and uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=not at all, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much). The recall period is "during the past 7 days". It takes 6-8 minutes for an average patient to complete.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Comparison of Functional well-being- Cohort B

    Time frame: At least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Comparison of Functional well-being will be measured as a comparison of FACT-G Functional Well-being scores of participants who received chemotherapy (Cohort A)and participant who did not receive chemotherapy (Cohort B).

    Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) is a quality of life and function measure developed and validated over 20 years ago that has been used in hundreds of cancer studies worldwide. It consists of four well-being domains -- physical, social/family, emotional, and functional. The FACT-G (Version 4) is a 27-item instrument that is formatted for self-administration and uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=not at all, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much). The recall period is "during the past 7 days". It takes 6-8 minutes for an average patient to complete.

  2. Changes in self-reported cognition-Cohort A

    Time frame: Pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Changes in self-reported cognition will be assessed using PROMIS Cognitive Function (Short Form 8a), between pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy in the Cohort A group (participants who received chemotherapy).

    PROMIS Cognitive Function (Short Form 8a) This measure includes 8 items on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from very often/several times a day = 1 to never = 5, with higher scores indicating greater perceived loss of cognitive function.

  3. Changes in self-reported cognition- Cohort B

    Time frame: Pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Changes in self-reported cognition will be assessed using PROMIS Cognitive Function (Short Form 8a), between pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy in the Cohort B group (participants did not receive chemotherapy).

    PROMIS Cognitive Function (Short Form 8a) This measure includes 8 items on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from very often/several times a day = 1 to never = 5, with higher scores indicating greater perceived loss of cognitive function.

  4. Changes in self-reported peripheral neuropathy-Cohort A

    Time frame: Pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Changes in self-reported peripheral neuropathy will be assessed using Functional Assessment of Cancer-Gynecology Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-NTX-12), between pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy in the Cohort A group (participants who received chemotherapy).

    FACT/GOG-NTX-12 is a questionnaire that includes 12 items inquiring about symptoms in the past 7 days (0=not at all to 4=very much) pertaining to numbness or tingling in hands/feet, discomfort in hands/feet, joint pain or muscle cramps, weakness all over, trouble hearing, ringing/buzzing in ears, buttoning buttons, trouble feeling the shape of small objects in hands, trouble walking, and pain in hands/feet in cold temperatures. The increasing score reflects worse neuropathy.

  5. Changes in self-reported peripheral neuropathy-Cohort B

    Time frame: Pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Changes in self-reported peripheral neuropathy will be assessed using Functional Assessment of Cancer-Gynecology Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity (FACT/GOG-NTX-12), between pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy in the Cohort B group (participants did not receive chemotherapy).

    FACT/GOG-NTX-12 is a questionnaire that includes 12 items inquiring about symptoms in the past 7 days (0=not at all to 4=very much) pertaining to numbness or tingling in hands/feet, discomfort in hands/feet, joint pain or muscle cramps, weakness all over, trouble hearing, ringing/buzzing in ears, buttoning buttons, trouble feeling the shape of small objects in hands, trouble walking, and pain in hands/feet in cold temperatures. The increasing score reflects worse neuropathy.

  6. Changes in self-reported Fatigue-Cohort A

    Time frame: Pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Changes in self-reported Fatigue will be measured using Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) between pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy in the Cohort A group (participants who received chemotherapy).

    Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (TFACIT-F) is a 13-item scale that uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=not at all, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much). The recall period is "during the past 7 days".

  7. Changes in self-reported Fatigue-Cohort B

    Time frame: Pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy

    Changes in self-reported Fatigue will be measured using Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) between pre-chemotherapy and at least 3 years after completion of chemotherapy in the Cohort B group (participants did not receive chemotherapy).

    Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (TFACIT-F) is a 13-item scale that uses a 5-point Likert-type scale (0=not at all, 1=a little bit, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=very much). The recall period is "during the past 7 days".

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Jul 3, 2023
Registry last updated
Mar 11, 2026

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