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Trial Title:
ACS Community Access to Resources Education and Support
NCT ID:
NCT06285929
Condition:
Neoplasms
Conditions: Keywords:
Patient Navigation
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Engagement
Patient Empowerment
Patient Participation
Treatment Adherance
Study type:
Observational
Overall status:
Enrolling by invitation
Study design:
Time perspective:
Prospective
Intervention:
Intervention type:
Other
Intervention name:
ACS CARES Student Navigation
Description:
Student volunteers providing navigation support to patients, families and caregivers with
a cancer diagnosis through an SDOH assessment.
Arm group label:
Navigated patients
Arm group label:
Student volunteers
Summary:
The goal of this study is to evaluate the pilot phase of ACS Cares to identify key
implementation outcomes and assess effectiveness of the program to improve distress,
enhance communication, and reduce missed appointments and healthcare utilization.
Detailed description:
In 2023, the American Cancer Society (ACS) created a new program, ACS Cares, based on the
Take the Fight experience and existing literature on non-clinical navigation. The goal of
ACS Cares is to supplement existing navigation infrastructure to extend navigation
services to a broader population of patients. This is accomplished through designating
lower level, timely tasks to volunteers and allowing paid navigators to practice at the
highest level of their license (e.g nurses proving symptom management, higher level
coordination). The goal of this study is to evaluate the pilot phase of ACS Cares to
identify key implementation outcomes and assess effectiveness of the program to improve
distress, enhance communication, and reduce missed appointments and healthcare
utilization.
Criteria for eligibility:
Study pop:
patients, families and/or caregivers with a confirmed cancer diagnosis
Sampling method:
Non-Probability Sample
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients of health system's healthcare physician champions with a confirmed cancer
diagnosis
- patients with a confirmed cancer diagnosis
- families of patients with a confirmed cancer diagnosis
- Caregivers of patients with a confirmed cancer diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients, families and/or caregivers without a confirmed cancer diagnosis
- patients not receiving care from healthcare physician champions
Gender:
All
Minimum age:
N/A
Maximum age:
N/A
Healthy volunteers:
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
UCLA Health
Address:
City:
Los Angeles
Zip:
90024
Country:
United States
Facility:
Name:
American Cancer Society
Address:
City:
Kennesaw
Zip:
30144
Country:
United States
Facility:
Name:
University of Iowa Health Care
Address:
City:
Iowa City
Zip:
52242
Country:
United States
Facility:
Name:
Medical University Hospital Authority, Hollings Cancer Center
Address:
City:
Charleston
Zip:
29492
Country:
United States
Start date:
September 1, 2023
Completion date:
December 31, 2025
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Agency class:
Other
Collaborator:
Agency:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Agency class:
Other
Source:
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06285929
