NCT03271099

Patient Navigation in Cancer Survivorship at a Safety Net Institution

Patient Navigation as Part of the Cancer Survivorship Care Plan at a Safety Net Institution

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study seeks to enroll patients receiving a Survivorship Care Plan following curative therapy for cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or to be followed by a Patient Navigator as part of their Survivorship Care Plan.

Detailed description

This study seeks to enroll patients receiving a Survivorship Care Plan following curative therapy for cancer. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or to be followed by a Patient Navigator as part of their Survivorship Care Plan. Study participation for all participants will be for up to 9 months, with study visits approximately every 3 months, based on standard clinical follow-up. All participants will be administered quality of life surveys by a Clinical Research Associate at study entry, mid-study (approximately 3-6 months) and at study completion. The following factors will be compared between arms: * Missed/kept appointments * Use of urgent/emergent care * Quality of Life in relation to survivorship care * Participants lost to care

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Navigator	Patient Navigation services will be provided to try to eliminate barriers in pursuing survivorship surveillance

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-16
• Primary completion: 2020-09-10
• Completion: 2020-09-10
• First posted: 2017-09-01
• Last updated: 2021-09-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States