Clinical trialNCT00381927CompletedObservational

Effect of Counseling on Psychological Stress Amongst Women Felt to be at High Risk for Breast Cancer Development

SponsorBaystate Medical CenterEnrollment80Breast Cancer

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Summary

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To evaluate 1) the extent of patient overestimation of breast cancer development risk in subjects referred to a physician-based high-risk breast clinic; 2) the ability of physician counseling to improve patient risk perception and reduce psychological distress; 3) to identify factors relevant in clinical practice associated with increased distress and risk perception.

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Investigators

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Wilson C Mertens, MD
Baystate Regional Cancer Program/Baystate Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Comprehensive Breast Center
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Aug 2003
Primary completion: —
Completion: 30 Apr 2006
Last update posted: 20 Sept 2007
Registered enrollment: 80
Registry id: NCT00381927

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