Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Code:

NCT03226405

Conditions

Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Patient Navigation Program

Usual Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

The MGH Cancer Center's patient navigation (PN) program, utilizes specially trained community-based personnel to improve cancer care in underserved communities by increasing cancer screening and removing barriers to timely care. This program incorporate rigorous evaluation to demonstrate the impact of innovation in healthcare delivery.

Conditions

Cancer

Study ID

NCT03226405

Start date

Nov 1, 2017

Status verified date

Apr, 2020

Completion date

Oct 2, 2023

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 2, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult patients (age 18 and older)
  • Newly diagnosed with cancer referred from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community health centers in

  • Revere
  • Chelsea
  • Charlestown
  • surrounding communities referred to receive cancer treatment at the MGH Cancer Center

Exclusion Criteria:

-Patients that primary care providers exclude

Study Design

Enrollment

400 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Patient Navigation Program

  • 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

active comparator: Standard of Care

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

Interventions

Patient Navigation Program

PN program improve access, timeliness and adherence with cancer treatment

Usual Care

the standard of care provided by the institution

Primary outcome measure

  • Adherence With Cancer Treatment [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
  • The Time From Cancer Diagnosis To First Oncology Appointment [ Time Frame: 2 Years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Emma Whited

617-724-1968ewhited@mgh.harvard.edu

Locations

Massachusetts General Hospital

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

Contacts

Emma Whited

617-724-1968ewhited@mgh.harvard.edu

Principal Investigator:

Sanja Percac-Lima, MD, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Last update posted

Apr 21, 2020

Last verified

Apr, 2020

Keywords

  • Cancer

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Massachusetts General Hospital on 2020-04-21.