Responses to Genetic Risk Modifier Testing Among Women With Pathogenic Variants in Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes
Summary
The purpose of this study is to describe how women with BRCA1/2 mutations react to genetic risk modifier testing, and to examine how they make decisions about their healthcare.
Arms & interventions
- OtherSalvia sample
salvia sample
- BehavioralQuestionnaires
Participants will complete Assessment #1 questionnaires. Participants will be contacted 1 week later (+/- 1 week) to complete Assessment #2 questionnaires. Participants will be contacted 6 months (+/- 3 weeks) following the receipt of their genetic risk modifier results to complete Assessment #3 questionnaires. Participants will be encouraged to complete Assessments #2 and #3 via email using the secure, approved REDCap system
- OtherBuccal swab sample
Buccal swab sample
Outcome measures
Primary
Number of participants that opt for preventive mastectomy or to pursue surveillance
Hierarchical level modeling (HLM) will be implemented to assess the effect of genetic risk modifier testing on Decisional Conflict Scale score (DCS), allowing for baseline effects via a random intercept.
Time frame: 3 years
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (7)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Data Collection Only)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
Commack, New York, 11725
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
Harrison, New York, 10604
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
Uniondale, New York, 11553
Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (Data Collection Only)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-4283