🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-04-01

Monitoring Symptoms to Help Young Women Take Hormone Therapy for Stage I-III Breast Cancer, ASPEN Study (NCT05568472)

A Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Active Symptom Monitoring Plus Patient Education Versus Patient Education Alone to Improve Persistence With Endocrine Therapy in Young Women With Stage I-III Breast Cancer (ASPEN)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This phase III trial compares the effect of active symptom monitoring and patient education to patient education alone in helping young women with stage I-III breast cancer stay on their hormone therapy medicines. The patient education tool contains interactive weblinks which provide patients with education material about breast cancer and side effects of therapy. Symptom monitoring is a weblink via email or text message with questions asking about symptoms. Hormone therapy for breast cancer can cause side effects, and may cause some women to stop treatment early. Asking about symptoms more often may help women keep taking hormone therapy medicines.

Who can join: Review the eligibility criteria below.

Location: Kingman Regional Medical Center — Kingman, Arizona

Age range: 18 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • Best Practice (OTHER)
  • Biospecimen Collection (PROCEDURE)
  • Endocrine Drug Therapy (PROCEDURE)
  • Health Education (BEHAVIORAL)
  • Questionnaire Administration (OTHER)
  • Symptom Specific Assessment Tool (OTHER)

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Full eligibility criteria are available on the official NIH protocol. View the criteria ↗

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (490 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 490 sites.

  • Kingman Regional Medical Center — Kingman, Arizona
  • Cancer Center at Saint Joseph's — Phoenix, Arizona
  • Kaiser Permanente-Deer Valley Medical Center — Antioch, California
  • Mission Hope Medical Oncology - Arroyo Grande — Arroyo Grande, California
  • PCR Oncology — Arroyo Grande, California
  • AIS Cancer Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital — Bakersfield, California
  • Marshall Cancer Center — Cameron Park, California
  • Mercy Cancer Center �� Carmichael — Carmichael, California
  • Mercy San Juan Medical Center — Carmichael, California
  • Epic Care-Dublin — Dublin, California
  • Kaiser Permanente Dublin — Dublin, California
  • Mercy Cancer Center - Elk Grove — Elk Grove, California
  • Bay Area Breast Surgeons Inc — Emeryville, California
  • Epic Care Partners in Cancer Care — Emeryville, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Fremont — Fremont, California
  • Fresno Cancer Center — Fresno, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Fresno — Fresno, California
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center — Martinez, California
  • Fremont - Rideout Cancer Center — Marysville, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Modesto — Modesto, California
  • Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California
  • Kaiser Permanente Oakland-Broadway — Oakland, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California
  • Kaiser Permanente-Rancho Cordova Cancer Center — Rancho Cordova, California
  • Kaiser Permanente- Marshall Medical Offices — Redwood City, California

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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