A Virtual Community Health Educator for Increasing Clinical Trial Referrals Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Internet-Based Intervention, Questionnaire Administration, Virtual Technology Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Precision Clinical Trial Recruitment to Promote Cancer Health Equity Across Florida (Aims 2 & 3)
Overview
This clinical trial studies how well a virtual community health educator (vCHE) works in increasing clinical trial referrals for patients with cancer and their caregivers. Low enrollment of underrepresented and underserved populations in cancer clinical trials has led to disparities in intervention development and implementation. One approach to recruiting diverse populations to cancer clinical trials is community health educators. However, community health educator interventions are costly and difficult to implement. vCHEs are photo-realistic virtual agents that provide personalized guidance and support to users. They are designed to mimic real-life community health workers, offering culturally and linguistically tailored information to users. They can communicate in English or Spanish and are available in diverse genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds. vCHEs may be able to increase the enrollment of diverse participants into cancer clinical trials.
Interventions
- Other Internet-Based Intervention
Receive information via online text - Other Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies - Other Virtual Technology Intervention
Receive information via ALEX Research Portal and vCHE
Primary outcome measures
- Proportion of referrals to cancer clinical trials (CCTs) [Time frame: Up to 3 months]
- Number of patient referrals sent by a healthcare provider by using the ALEX portal [Time frame: Up to 3 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer
- 18 years or older
- Must have received a cancer diagnosis at any point in your life
- Able to understand English or Spanish
- Care Partners
- Must be a care partner (also known as caregiver, carer, supporter, helper, aide, assistant, companion, attendant, advocate, or family caregiver) of an adult who has received a cancer diagnosis
- Must be actively involved in the decision-making process OR care of a person diagnosed with cancer
- Must be 18 years or older
Exclusion criteria
- Self-reported: people who are currently or have been in a cancer clinical trial within the last 3 years
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Mayo Clinic in Florida — Jacksonville
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07126496 · 23-013379 · NCI-2025-05254 · 23-013379 · U01CA274970