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Patient Navigation Program for Cancer

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Led By Sanja Percac-Lima, MD, PhD

Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 2 years

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial showed that the patient navigation program increased cancer screenings and timely care in underserved communities.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 2 years

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~2 years

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Adherence With Cancer Treatment

The Time From Cancer Diagnosis To First Oncology Appointment

Secondary outcome measures

Emergency Department Visits

Health Related Quality Of Life

Inpatient Hospitalization Length Of Stay.

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Patient Navigation ProgramExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The study team will identify, track, and provide navigation for all adult patients referred to Cancer Center from the CHC and community partners for cancer treatment. The Patient Navigation Program include Education, Appointment reminders, Help with insurance, Transportation, Navigating the Cancer Center, Assisting in finding appropriate child care, Interpreting, Connecting the patient to psychosocial and/or palliative care teams, Physically escorting the patient to appointments

Group II: Standard of CareActive Control1 Intervention

The patients will receive enhanced usual care, This consist of personal phone call reminders about upcoming appointments at the MGH Cancer Center

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Massachusetts General HospitalLead Sponsor

2,941 Previous Clinical Trials

13,200,268 Total Patients Enrolled

Sanja Percac-Lima, MD, PhDPrincipal Investigator - Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital

2 Previous Clinical Trials

2,423 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Patient Navigation Program Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03226405 — N/A

Cancer Research Study Groups: Patient Navigation Program, Standard of Care

Cancer Clinical Trial 2023: Patient Navigation Program Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03226405 — N/A

Patient Navigation Program 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03226405 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there open opportunities to participate in this experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov holds records of this medical study being open for recruitment, with its first post dated November 1st 2017 and most recently edited on April 20th 2020. This clinical trial is looking to recruit 400 participants from a single centre."

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What are the primary goals of this clinical experiment?

"This two-year study will principally monitor the adherence of enrolled patients to their cancer treatment. Additional objectives include tracking emergency department visits, measuring patient satisfaction with care via a validated survey, and observing the proportion of participants recruited for clinical trials."

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How many test subjects are currently contributing to the research?

"Affirmative. According to the clinicaltrials.gov database, this research is presently looking for volunteers with 400 individuals sought across a single medical centre. The study was initially posted on November 1st 2017 and last updated on April 20th 2020."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care

Sanja Percac-Lima, MD 2017. "Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03226405.