Radiation Therapy Outreach Program for Minority or Low-Income Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT00400699
• Date of registration: 16/11/2006
• Primary sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
• Public title: Radiation Therapy Outreach Program for Minority or Low-Income Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer
• Scientific title: UPMC McKeesport/ROCOG Radiation Oncology Minorities Outreach Program
• Date of first enrolment: October 2004
• Target sample size: 3150
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00400699
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Masking: Open Label

Countries of recruitment

United States

Contacts

• Name: Dwight E. Heron, MD
• Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Newly diagnosed cancer

- Receiving radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy

- Minority and/or economically disadvantaged population

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Within any of the following service areas of 5 different hospitals in western
Pennsylvania:

- New Castle

- Pittsburgh Metro

- Somerset

- Mckeesport

- Johnstown

- Any race, ethnicity, gender, or HIV status allowed

- HIV serostatus is not evaluated specifically for study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- See Disease Characteristics



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Intervention(s)

Other: counseling intervention

Other: study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care

Primary Outcome(s)

Accrual for clinical research protocols [Time Frame: No]

Barriers to treatment (perceived and real) [Time Frame: No]

Clinical stage at time of presentation (indicator of early access to system) [Time Frame: No]

Date and nature of post-diagnosis surgery or biopsy [Time Frame: No]

Proportion of patients compliant with treatment plan [Time Frame: No]

Rate of treatment completion [Time Frame: No]

Retention in clinical research protocols [Time Frame: No]

Supportive services provided to patients [Time Frame: No]

Total radiation dosage per patient (curative and palliative endpoints) [Time Frame: No]

Secondary ID(s)

CDR0000513067

PCI-0408108

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)