Improving how people take breast-cancer and heart medicines
Part of Cancer, Skin clinical trials.
This trial tests an intervention to help improve how equitably people take their prescribed breast cancer hormone therapy and heart-related prevention medicines. It may help if you have had trouble taking these medications as directed.
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Who can take part
- Be age 18 or older
- Have been diagnosed with stage I to III breast cancer and were prescribed hormone (endocrine) therapy
- Be within 3 years after finishing early active breast cancer treatment (like surgery, chemo, or radiation; not counting HER2-targeted therapy)
- Be taking at least one medicine for heart protection, such as a blood pressure medicine (antihypertensive) or a cholesterol medicine (statin)
- Tell the study you sometimes do not take your breast cancer hormone medicine and/or your heart prevention medicine as you should
- No signs that your breast cancer has come back (no recurrence)
- Be able to participate in study tasks, understand the study, and give consent; you must speak English or Spanish
- Get your care at NewYork-Presbyterian through their system with a primary care doctor or cardiologist listed
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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