Overcoming Obstacles to Clinical Trials Enrollment Through a Navigator Program

Stanford University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Gynecologic Cancers

Treatments: Behavioral: Navigator Support

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01032447

GYN0001 (Other Identifier)

SU-10262009-4240 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study for assessing the effectiveness of a Navigator program to aid in clinical trial participation amongst the Chinese demographic

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Cancer patients for Focus Group must meet the following criterion:

• diagnosis of any gynecologic or breast cancer and be pursuing treatment here at Stanford within the last 2 years
• must read and speak Chinese
• willing and able to participant in group discussions

Cancer patients to receive Navigator Support must meet the following criterion:

• Newly diagnosed with gynecologic or breast cancer -pursuing treatment at Stanford Cancer Center
• must read and speak Chinese
• willing and able to have an individual relationship with a Navigator

Health Professional must meet the following criterion:

-must currently work in the Stanford gynecologic Oncology Clinic

Navigators must meet the following criterion:

• Chinese and English speaking
• willing and able to participate in training and to serve as a Navigator
• preferably a Cancer survivor

Exclusion criteria

Cancer patients must have a GOG performance status of 0-2 (see attached document for further details). Focus Group participate MAY be able to be participating in another study but patients who are already participating in a clinical trial will not be assigned a Navigator.

No Exclusionary criterion for Health Professionals or Navigators.