A Qualitative Study on Advanced Breast Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers in Spain

Ethnographic Study on Advanced Breast Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers in Spain

The main goal of this ethnographic study is to learn a holistic and enriched view of the behaviors, actions, and views of a group of people with advanced breast cancer (ABC) cancer living in Spain. The primary objective of this study is to collect data on the psychosocial needs of (ABC) patients to identify spaces and strategies to improve these needs.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

1. Informed consent to individual in the qualitative study and to allow the recording of the interview for analyses purposes (individual and/or caregiver).
2. Women or men (individual and/or caregiver) over 18 years of age.
3. Confirmed diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), hormone receptor (HR)+/ human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-, HER2+ unresectable locally advanced breast cancer (ULABC) or metastatic breast cancer (mBC) (individual).
4. Individuals must have initiated at least the firstline treatment.
5. Functional status according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale 0-2 (individual).
6. Ability to conduct interviews from home (individual and/or caregiver) or remotely (ie, with technology available for an online interview).

Key Exclusion Criteria:

1. Individual unable to collaborate in the collection of necessary information (alteration in mental status, noncollaboration, limited language comprehension).
2. Individual unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply