Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Diana Harcourt
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Psychology
UWE Bristol
St Matthias Campus
Oldbury Court Road
Bristol
BS16 2JP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 344 4356
nichola.rumsey@uwe.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
C/OPD/17-3-94/CAWTHORN/D; N0467011719
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
This will be through a RCT in comparison with a conventional model of care involving two clinic attendances and a separate mammography.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Diagnostic
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Breast cancer
Intervention
Women were randomised to attend either the one-stop or two-stop clinic
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Levels of anxiety, depression, quality of life. Styles of coping were compared in the 2 clinic groups, at first attendence, 6 days and 8 weeks after
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/1994
Overall trial end date
30/09/1997
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All women with a symptomatic breast condition referred for examination at a specialist breast clinic - either the same day diagnosis (1-stop clinic) or a wait for results clinic (2-stop clinic)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
None so long as participants were able to complete the assessment
Recruitment start date
01/10/1994
Recruitment end date
30/09/1997
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Psychology
Bristol
BS16 2JP
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive South West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. Harcourt, D., Ambler, N., Rumsey, N. & Cawthorn, S. J., (1998). Evaluation Of A One-Stop Breast Lump Clinic: A Randomised Controlled Trial. The Breast, vol 7, no. 6, p 314-319.
2. Harcourt, D., Rumsey, N. & Ambler, N. (1999). Same-Day Diagnosis Of Symptomatic Breast Problems: Psychological Impact And Coping Strategies. Psychology, Health & Medicine, vol 4, no 1, p57-71.