NCT07105046

Facilitators and Barriers to Cancer Treatment Among Texas Residents

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial uses semi-structured interviews and focus groups to determine facilitators and barriers of receiving timely cancer treatment among multiple cancers, across multiple insurance types, throughout Texas

Detailed description

Primary Objectives: Aim 1: To comprehensively assess barriers to and facilitators of receiving timely cancer treatment, via in-depth telephone interviews among a purposive sample of Texas patients with Stage I-IV breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer and diverse backgrounds. Aim 2: To generate consensus on barriers and facilitators, as well as their relative importance, via focus groups, among carefully selected Texas patients with Stage I-IV breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancer and diverse backgrounds,

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Interviews	A 30 to 45-minute in-depth semi-structured interview by phone will be administer, following a semi-structured interview guide.
OTHER	Focus Groups	45 to 60 minutes video conference

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-01-31
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2028-12-31
• First posted: 2025-08-05
• Last updated: 2026-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States