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N/A N=571 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

What Matters Most: Choosing the Right Breast Cancer Surgery for You

Breast Cancer

Enrolled (actual)
571
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Decision Quality: Knowledge Subscale — 2.83; 2.95; 2.77; 2.82 score on a scale — p=0.045

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Option Grid (Other); Picture Option Grid (Other)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
Female
Sponsor
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Primary completion
May 2019

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Change in Decision Quality: Knowledge Subscale
2.83; 2.95; 2.77; 2.82; 2.90; 2.74 0.045 sig
PRIMARY
Change in Decision Quality: Decison Process Subscale
5.66; 5.47; 4.57; 5.67; 5.02; 4.64 0.048 sig
PRIMARY
Change in Decision Quality: Concordance Subscale
95.3; 92.9; 95.4 0.46
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Who Chose Lumpectomy or Mastectomy as Their Treatment Choice
42; 161; 146; 10; 39; 46
SECONDARY
Change in Quality of Life
0.83; 0.82; 0.82; 0.82; 0.85; 0.82 0.25
SECONDARY
Anxiety
20.8; 20.2; 20.7; 20.0; 20.4; 20.6 0.72
SECONDARY
Shared Decision-making (Self-reported)
73; 76; 58 0.01 sig
SECONDARY
Shared Decision-making (Observed)
69.92; 65.72; 41.02 <0.01 sig
SECONDARY
Decision Regret
10.9; 8.1; 12.9; 12.0; 7.6; 10.8 0.06
SECONDARY
Integration of Health Care Delivery
10.4; 10.2; 10.3; 10.9; 10.8; 10.6 0.11
SECONDARY
Exploration of Strategies That Promote the Interventions' Sustained Use and Dissemination
30; 29; 40; 30; 30; 15

Summary

What Matters Most is a study that aims to determine how best to help women of lower socioeconomic status make high-quality decisions about early stage breast cancer treatments. What Matters Most will be comparing two decision aids used in the clinic visit to usual care (what normally happens in the clinic). The first decision aid (Option Grid) presents evidence-based information about lumpectomy and mastectomy in a tabular format using text only. The second decision aid (Picture Option Grid) presents evidence-based information about lumpectomy and mastectomy using pictures, pictographs and simplified text. What Matters Most aims to show that the interventions can reduce disparities in decision-making and treatment choice between women of high and low SES.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Assigned female at birth;
  • 18 years and older;
  • Confirmed diagnosis (via biopsy) of early stage breast cancer (stages I-IIIA);
  • Eligible for both breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy based on medical records and clinician's opinion before surgery;
  • Spoken English, Spanish, or Mandarin Chinese.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Transgender men and women;
  • Women who have undergone prophylactic mastectomy;
  • Women with visual impairment;
  • Women with a diagnosis of severe mental illness or severe dementia;
  • Women with inflammatory breast carcinoma.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03136367). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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