NCT02752061

Potlako: A Programmatic Intervention to Improve Access to Timely Oncology Care

Potlako: A Programmatic Multi-facility Level Intervention to Improve Access to Timely Oncology Care in Botswana

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 979 (actual)
• Sponsor: Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Diagnostic and treatment delays contribute substantially to disparities in cancer morbidity and mortality between low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries. Individuals present with advanced stage disease resulting in minimal chance for cure or long-term survival. The Potlako project will implement and evaluate a multifaceted intervention to test the hypothesis that a package of enhanced coordination of care including an electronic messaging, transportation support, and training targeted at generalist clinicians at primary and secondary level facilities, can reduce time to diagnosis and stage at diagnosis for HIV-infected individuals with cancer.

Conditions

• Neoplasms
• HIV
• Healthcare Disparity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Potlako intervention	Multicomponent intervention including: * provider training on early detection and diagnostic approaches to cancer * patient education on importance of obtaining timely cancer diagnosis * provision of a patient navigator to facilitate diagnosis and entry into care * provision of transportation support to vulnerable patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-13
• Primary completion: 2020-07-21
• Completion: 2020-07-21
• First posted: 2016-04-26
• Last updated: 2020-07-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Botswana