Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Code:

NCT05438511

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Focus group

Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the challenges with breast cancer diagnosis in Tanzania and the support available to improve this process.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Study ID

NCT05438511

Start date

Apr 13, 2023

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Participant Inclusion Criteria for interviews and focus group discussions (Aims 1 and 2):

  • Breast cancer survivor, patient advocate or key healthcare personnel

  • Key healthcare personnel are defined as hospital and laboratory leaders, pathologists, laboratory scientists and technicians, oncologists, nurses, and surgeons, with:
  • >12 months of employment at the affiliated institution
  • Administrative or clinical involvement in the delivery of breast cancer care services.
  • Age 18 years and above
  • Permanent residents or citizens of Tanzania
  • Participant and/or LAR willing and able to consent
  • Fluent in Swahili and/or English by self-report

Participant Exclusion Criteria:

  • Key stakeholder not residing at their particular institutions during data collection will be excluded.

Eligibility criteria for Chart Reviews (Aim 1)

Inclusion Criteria for chart review:

  • Age 18 years and above
  • Permanent residents or citizens of Tanzania
  • Received breast cancer diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria for chart review:

  • Participants less than 18 years of age

Study Design

Enrollment

85 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Participants of focus groups

Breast cancer survivor, patient advocate or key healthcare personnel including hospital and laboratory leaders, pathologists, laboratory scientists and technicians, oncologists, nurses, and surgeons

Interventions

Focus group

A semi-structured focus group discussion guide will be developed with question probes that cover 1) contextual factors, 2) barriers to implementation, and 3) facilitators to implementation, with secondary probing questions.

Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change

measures the extent to which organizational members are prepared to implement organizational change. The ORIC tool asks participants to rate their level of agreement with 12 statements pertaining to organizational readiness for change (change commitment and change efficacy) on a 5-point Likert Scale.

Primary outcome measure

  • Identify barriers for breast cancer diagnosis in Tanzania. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Diana Ng, MD

212-639-7209NgD2@mskcc.org

T. Peter Kingham, MD

212-639-5260kinghamP@mskcc.org

Locations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10065

Contacts

Diana Ng, MD

212-639-7209NgD2@mskcc.org

More Information

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Last update posted

Jun 29, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

  • breast cancer hormone receptor testing
  • breast cancer testing
  • GeneXpert STRAT4
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • 21-480

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on 2026-06-29.