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Status unknownNCT02949167MyHealthUpdated Aug 31, 2021

MyHealth: Follow-up After Breast Cancer Treatment

An interventional study of MyHealth in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Danish Cancer Society. Status unknown at 1 site in Denmark. Open to female participants aged 40 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-08-31.

Sponsored by Danish Cancer Society · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2021), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
503
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 226 studies in Breast Neoplasms with a site in Denmark — 29 open to participants now, 57 under way, 22 of them phase 3. Breast Neoplasms · Denmark.

Enrollment
58th of 193
503 · median 210
Started
2016
with 11 others
No phase
55 of 226
9 open now
Registered
124th of 226
by date

Among the 226 studies in Breast Neoplasms with a site in Denmark, this one is the 58th largest by enrollment of the 193 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 12 that started in 2016, is one of 55 with no phase, and was the 124th registered.

Breast Neoplasms

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Who these studies take

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This study: 40 Years and older · female · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Approximately 24,000 women attend a follow-up care program after end of primary treatment for breast cancer (BC) in Denmark. There is no well-conducted, larger randomized controlled trials (RCT) outlining a gold standard for follow-up programs ensuring early detection of recurrence, good management of symptoms and cost-effectiveness. The primary aim of this randomised, controlled trial is to test whether a nurse-led individually tailored symptom management program (MyHealth) will significantly reduce reported symptoms among BC patients following primary treatment compared to physician-led scheduled follow-up. Secondary, the investigators will examine patient activation (self-management), anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, work ability, time to recurrence, overall survival, health behavior changes, health care utilization and financial costs in the two arms.

The MyHealth program provides patients with a nurse-led education focusing on management of symptoms, an electronic platform to report symptoms to the nurses and support in symptom management and navigation of patients to appropriate health care services.

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During an 18-month period, 494 primary BC patients will be recruited from the Departments of Oncology at Naestved and Roskilde Hospital. The women will be enrolled in the study following completion of primary treatment. Participants are randomized 1:1 to the intervention (Nurse-led follow up) or control group (physician-led follow-up) and followed for 5 years. No matter group assignment, all women will follow the national mammography screening programs.

Patients who accept to participate are asked to invite a close relative, preferably partners, to participate in the study. Patients, who do not want to participate in the randomization will be asked if they are willing to participate in the study by filling out two questionnaires. Patients who decline to participate in the MyHealth study will be enrolled in the standard follow-up.

The investigators will collect data using questionnaires, clinical databases, and national registers before intervention and for 5 years after inclusion both in the control and intervention arm. Questionnaires from validated scales are used to measure primary and secondary outcomes in both groups whereas Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) are only collected in the intervention group. Patients who experiences relapse during the MyHealth intervention will not be asked to fill in the remaining outcome questionnaires or PROs since they quit the follow-up program in favor of treatment for recurrent disease.

During follow-up, the patient will consult the nurse or the project physician if PROs reveal a need, or if the patient require a consultation. In order to ensure that treatment of symptoms and referral to other health professionals will meet clinical guidelines the nurses are instructed to follow a detailed response algorithm, which is developed by the project physician in collaboration with experienced oncologists.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • Nurse-led follow-up after breast cancer
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Complete remission following primary treatment for loco-regional BC (stage I-II) - No confirmed genetic predisposition to BC
  • Female gender
  • Performance status ≤3
  • Read, understand and speak Danish
  • No severe cognitive problems
  • No severe psychiatric disease requiring treatment or any substance abuse.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Genetic predisposition for BC
  • Patient younger than 40 years of age at diagnosis
  • Control after recurrent breast cancer
  • Other active cancer except non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Severe cognitive problems or dementia
  • Severe psychiatric disease requiring treatment, e.g. schizophrenia, alcohol or narcotic dependence
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
503 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    MyHealth intervention arm

    Nurse-led follow-up

    Behavioral: MyHealth

  • No intervention
    MyHealth Control condition

    Physician-led follow-up

Interventions

  • BehavioralMyHealth

    The MyHealth intervention is a nurse-led individually tailored symptom management program, focused on patient education and regularly collection of Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) subsequently evaluated by specialist nurses and navigation to health care service. The nurse will meet with the patient on three-five planned appointments focused on adjustment of life after breast cancer treatment including information on symptoms of relapse or late effects and how to react on these. Close relatives are invited if patients accept. Patients will report PRO´s on symptoms of recurrence and late effects every three months during the first year and thereafter every six months.The appointments with the nurse are finalized within 3-6 month and patients will be followed with PRO for three years.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in breast cancer specific symptom burden (TOI-PFB)

    Trial Outcome Index-Physical/Functional/Breast (TOI-PFB) score of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy -Breast (FACT-B) Domains: Physical well-being, Functional wellbeing,BC symptoms

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in breast cancer specific symptom burden

    Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy -Breast (FACT-B) Domains: Physical well-being, social/family well-being, Emotional well-being,Functional wellbeing, BC symptoms

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  2. Changes in knowledge, skill, and confidence for self-management

    Patient Activation Measure (PAM)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  3. Changes in anxiety

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  4. Changes in self-management

    The Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  5. Changes in fear of recurrence

    Concerns About Recurrence Questionnaire (CARQ-4)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  6. Changes in Depression

    The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  7. Changes in work ability

    Work Ability Index (WAI)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

  8. Changes in quality-adjusted life year (QALY)

    EuroQol 5 domains (5D), 5 levels (5L)

    Time frame: at inclusion, 6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36 months and 60 months

Other outcomes

  1. Health Care Use

    Study specific items on health care use single items

    Time frame: at 60 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Oncology and Palliative Care, Naestved Hospital
    Naestved, Region Zealand 4700, Denmark
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Nov 2016 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Apr 2024, 89 months after the start.

Of 2,662 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 66. This study's planned 89 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 2,772 studies reached it within 33 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 66.

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Registered
Oct 25, 2016
First posted
Oct 31, 2016
StartActual
Nov 2016
Primary completionEst.
Apr 30, 2024
CompletionEst.
Apr 30, 2024
Last update
Aug 31, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 31, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02949167
Lead sponsor
Danish Cancer Society
Collaborators
Region Sjælland
Responsible party
Christoffer Johansen (Professor, Danish Cancer Society) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 31, 2016
Start date
Nov 2016
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 30, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 31, 2021

Study contacts

Christoffer Johansen, Professor
principal investigator · The Cancer Society Research Center, Survivorship
Mads N Svendsen, MD, PHD
principal investigator · The Department for Oncology Naestved and Roskilde Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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