https://www.armyofwomen.org/
We need women from anywhere in the United States who have been diagnosed with any stage of ER+ breast cancer and are prescribed and/or taking hormonal therapy to participate in a study that investigates how breast cancer patients feel about their cancer treatments.
Women with ER+ tumors are typically prescribed hormone therapy: tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor, such as Femara (letrozole), Arimidex (anastrazole), or Aromasin (exemestane).
Studies have found that only about half of the women prescribed a hormone therapy stay on their treatment for five years. A research team from Georgetown University wants to learn more about why some women continue to take their medication and others do not. This information will help them improve the likelihood that women will stay on these drugs for a full five years.
Please read on to learn more about what’s involved and who can participate. If this study isn’t right for you, please pass it on to your family members or friends!
What's the study about?
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how women taking hormonal therapies for breast cancer treatment feel about their medications. The research team needs 300 women to participate in this study.
What's involved?
If you sign up for the “Women’s Hormonal Therapy Initiation and Persistence (WHIP) Study” the research team will contact you to confirm that you are eligible. If you are eligible and choose to participate in the study, you will be asked to do the following:
• Sign and initial the consent form.
• Complete a baseline telephone interview. This will last approximately one hour and will include questions about your perceptions of treatments and how you feel about interactions with your healthcare providers.
• Complete three follow-up interviews over approximately 36 months.
• Provide the research team access to your pharmacy records so they can assess medication adherence.
• Optional: provide a saliva sample using a kit sent to you in the mail. The research team is interested in exploring if all women process (metabolize) their treatment medications the same way. The kit and the postage to return the kit in the mail are provided at no cost to you.
Your participation in this study will not affect your medical care and all information will be kept confidential.
Who is conducting the study?
This study is conducted by Dr. Vanessa Sheppard, Associate Professor of Oncology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. This research is being sponsored by the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Where?
Anywhere in the United States – all participation will be conducted on the telephone and in the mail
Who can participate?
You can sign up for the Women’s Hormonal Therapy Initiation and Persistence (WHIP) Study if you meet ALL of these MAIN criteria:
• You are female and over the age of 21
• You were diagnosed with any stage of breast cancer (Stage 0 – IV)
• You have been diagnosed with ER + breast cancer
• You are prescribed and/or taking hormonal therapy
• You live in the United States
After you RSVP, the research team will contact you to ask additional questions to be sure that the study is a good fit for you.
https://www.armyofwomen.org/