Patient Navigation in Cancer Survivorship at a Safety Net Institution
Status: | Recruiting |
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Conditions: | Cancer, Cancer |
Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 1/6/2019 |
Start Date: | October 16, 2017 |
End Date: | August 2021 |
Contact: | Minh Tam Truong, MD |
Email: | minh-tam.truong@bmc.org |
Phone: | 617-638-7070 |
Patient Navigation as Part of the Cancer Survivorship Care Plan at a Safety Net Institution
This study seeks to enroll patients receiving a Survivorship Care Plan following curative
therapy for cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or to be
followed by a Patient Navigator as part of their Survivorship Care Plan.
therapy for cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or to be
followed by a Patient Navigator as part of their Survivorship Care Plan.
This study seeks to enroll patients receiving a Survivorship Care Plan following curative
therapy for cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or to be
followed by a Patient Navigator as part of their Survivorship Care Plan.
Study participation for all participants will be for up to 9 months, with study visits
approximately every 3 months, based on standard clinical follow-up. All participants will be
administered quality of life surveys by a Clinical Research Associate at study entry,
mid-study (approximately 3-6 months) and at study completion.
The following factors will be compared between arms:
- Missed/kept appointments
- Use of urgent/emergent care
- Quality of Life in relation to survivorship care
- Participants lost to care
therapy for cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or to be
followed by a Patient Navigator as part of their Survivorship Care Plan.
Study participation for all participants will be for up to 9 months, with study visits
approximately every 3 months, based on standard clinical follow-up. All participants will be
administered quality of life surveys by a Clinical Research Associate at study entry,
mid-study (approximately 3-6 months) and at study completion.
The following factors will be compared between arms:
- Missed/kept appointments
- Use of urgent/emergent care
- Quality of Life in relation to survivorship care
- Participants lost to care
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stage I, II, III or IVa Cancer diagnosis (may include Solitary plasmacytoma, Diffuse
Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast)
- Completed treatment with curative intent within the past 12 months. (May be on
maintenance therapy.)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Distant Metastatic disease
- Non-curable disease
- Recurrence of disease prior to enrollment
- Require ongoing navigation from the treatment navigator
- Enrolled/active in another randomized study (Project SUPPORT)
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