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Trial Title:
Evaluating the Implementation of a Comprehensive Multilevel Virtual Oncology Program Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung, Colorectal, Prostate, and Breast Cancers in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
NCT ID:
NCT06559059
Condition:
Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Colorectal Cancer (Diagnosis)
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Conditions: Official terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Disease
Study type:
Observational
Overall status:
Recruiting
Study design:
Time perspective:
Prospective
Summary:
The purpose this pragmatic trial to test the effectiveness of an existing, ongoing
clinical service, the VA National TeleOncology program (NTO), a multilevel telehealth
population health management program. The primary aims are to study the intervention and
determine its effectiveness on telehealth engagement, clinical quality, and healthcare
cost outcomes across levels of Social Determinants of TeleHealth (SDTH) with the goal of
promoting health equity.
Detailed description:
Study staff will use the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
(VistA), the VA health information technology system, to identify eligible patients at VA
sites based on listed inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patient records will be observed
of Veterans with a new cancer diagnosis of the lung, prostate, breast, or colon and a
telehealth visit utilizing the VA National TeleOncology Service (NTO).
Criteria for eligibility:
Study pop:
Veterans aged 18 years or older newly diagnosed with lung, colorectal, prostate or breast
cancer.
VA health care providers and staff members participating in cancer care at NTO program
medical centers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants and
nurses.
Sampling method:
Non-Probability Sample
Criteria:
Patients Inclusion Criteria:
1. A Veteran
2. Aged 18 years or older
3. Newly diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer within 3 months of
telemedicine visit
4. Engaged in an oncology visit during the 36-month analysis period at a Veterans
Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) location.
VAMC Providers and Staff Inclusion Criteria:
1. Provider or staff member at one of the VAMC locations including physicians, nurse
practitioners, physicians' assistants, and nurses caring for Veterans
2. Providers or staff members having helped provide care for at least 5 Veterans with
cancer in the previous 6 months at a VAMC location
Patients Exclusion Criteria:
1. Veterans who have not seen any providers in the VA within the past year
2. Patients previously diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer
3. Pregnant patients
VAMC Providers and Staff Exclusion Criteria:
1. Providers or staff members who do not help treat Veterans with specified cancers in
oncology at the VA
Gender:
All
Minimum age:
18 Years
Maximum age:
N/A
Healthy volunteers:
No
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Brooklyn
Address:
City:
Brooklyn
Zip:
11209
Country:
United States
Status:
Recruiting
Facility:
Name:
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - St. Albans Community Living Center
Address:
City:
Jamaica
Zip:
11425
Country:
United States
Status:
Recruiting
Facility:
Name:
VA New York Harbor Health Care System - Manhattan
Address:
City:
New York
Zip:
10010
Country:
United States
Status:
Recruiting
Facility:
Name:
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Harlem Community Center
Address:
City:
New York
Zip:
10027
Country:
United States
Status:
Recruiting
Facility:
Name:
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Staten Island Community Clinic
Address:
City:
Staten Island
Zip:
10314
Country:
United States
Status:
Recruiting
Start date:
June 18, 2024
Completion date:
January 1, 2027
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
NYU Langone Health
Agency class:
Other
Collaborator:
Agency:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Agency class:
NIH
Source:
NYU Langone Health
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06559059
