NCT04169542Recruiting
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Out-of-Pocket Costs, Lost Wages, and Unemployment in Patients With Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast Surgery
Potential Impact of the COVID -19 Pandemic on Financial Toxicity in Breast Cancer Surgical Patients: The Impact on Out of Pocket Costs, Lost Wages and Economic Strain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on out-of-pocket costs, lost wages, and unemployment in patients with breast cancer undergoing breast surgery. Post-mastectomy reconstructive patients are at high risk for financial toxicity (adverse effects of escalating health care cost on well-being). The goal of this study is to collect information about financial costs patients may have as a result of surgical treatment for cancer with or without breast reconstruction and to learn if COVID-19 affects patient costs of breast reconstruction. This may help researchers demonstrate the financial consequences of undergoing breast surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 600 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Nov 2019
- Start date
- 21 May 2019
- Primary completion date
- 31 Mar 2028
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- NCT number
- NCT04169542
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 600
- From 21 May 2019 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2028
- 4 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Those with recurrent or metastatic disease or concurrent primary cancers
- Patients undergoing breast conservation therapy will also be excluded from the study
Other
- Non-English-speaking
Who the study is looking for
- Have an indication for surgical treatment of invasive breast cancer or ductal breast carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or prophylaxis in the setting of genetic mutations or strong family history
- English-speaking
- Able to complete consent
- Able to fill out computer survey material
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD Anderson in The Woodlands Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Conroe | United States | Recruiting |
| M D Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| MD Anderson League City Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | League City | United States | Recruiting |
| MD Anderson in Sugar Land Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sugar Land | United States | Recruiting |
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