Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Washington University School of Medicine

Code:

NCT07781800

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Cancer of Breast

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Patient navigator

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study aims to assess how individual patient social stressors are associated with barriers to care by analyzing a patient navigator system. Patient navigators will connect patients with unmet social needs with community resources.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Cancer of Breast

Study ID

NCT07781800

Start date

Oct 14, 2026

Status verified date

Oct, 2026

Completion date

Oct 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with breast cancer (any stage).
  • Currently being treated for breast cancer by a breast medical oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center North County. This includes any treatment, PO or IV, including hormonal therapy. It does not include patients enrolled in clinical trials.
  • At least 18 years of age.
  • English-speaker.
  • Verbally consented to navigation services.

Study Design

Enrollment

180 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Patient navigation intervention

Patients will be connected with a patient navigator following consent. The navigator will ask the patient questions regarding social determinants of health risks including transportation difficulties, financial stability, and housing stability. Patient will receive full social determinants of health (SDOH) screening via iPad at initial consult visit. Based on SDOH screening, if the patient is high risk the patient will be referred to appropriate resources.

Interventions

Patient navigator

Patient navigator will contact the patient every 3 weeks to check in, assess if patient requires additional resources, connect patient to existing nonprofit and local resources, remind patient of appointments, and ask about barriers to clinic visits.

Primary outcome measure

  • Percentage of patients with chemotherapy deferrals [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Emily L Podany, MD, MPHS

314-273-4474elpodany@wustl.edu

Katherine N Weilbaecher, MD

314-362-5654kweilbae@wustl.edu

Locations

Washington University School of Medicine

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63310

Contacts

Emily L Podany, MD, MPHS

314-273-4474elpodany@wustl.edu

Katherine N Weilbaecher, MD

314-362-5654kweilbae@wustl.edu

Principal Investigator:

Emily L Podany, MD, MPHS

More Information

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Last update posted

Oct 21, 2026

Last verified

Oct, 2026

Keywords

  • Patient navigation
  • Breast cancer
  • Social determinants of health
  • Navigator

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-22. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Washington University School of Medicine on 2026-10-21. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.