Care Coordination Educational Intervention Study for Patients from Rural Areas with Early Stage Cancer

University of Vermont Medical Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Other: Table-based Educational Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05723250

00002358

Details and patient eligibility

About

Care Coordination is an essential component of cancer care delivery. Many patients experience poor care coordination. In this study, we hypothesize that provision of a video educational intervention to teach patients about cancer, care coordination and self-advocacy will improve patients' perception of care coordination. Cancer patients with early stage disease scheduled to receive adjuvant therapy, and who reside in a rural area, will be enrolled onto the study. Patients will be randomized to receive a table-based educational intervention tool initially (arm1) or after 4 months of therapy (arm2). Assessment of cancer knowledge, self-advocacy and care coordination will be obtained at baseline and after 4-6 months.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18+ years of age
• Breast, lung, or colon cancer diagnosis
• Stage I, II or III cancer
• Adjuvant chemotherapy started < 30 days or planned within the next 30 days
• Rural residence location in Vermont (outside Chittenden County)
• Proficient in English

Exclusion criteria

• History of prior malignancy treated with chemotherapy in last 3 years
• Known or suspected neuro-cognitive impairment
• Resident of Chittenden County, Vermont
• Patients with current diagnosis other than stage I, II or III breast, colon or lung cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Upfront Educational Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive a video-based intervention after completing baseline survey instruments and prior to retesting after 4-6 months.

Treatment:

Other: Table-based Educational Intervention

Delayed Educational Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will complete baseline survey instruments and again complete surveys after 4-6 months. They will then receive the video-based educational tablet.

Treatment:

Other: Table-based Educational Intervention