Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding Clinical Trials in Underserved Populations Receiving Care at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Patient Experience Protocol (PEP): A Pilot Study of Underserved Populations at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University (CCCWFU)
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observational
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This pilot research trial studies minority patients receiving care at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University (CCCWFU) to see what their attitudes are regarding the healthcare they receive and how much they know about clinical trials. Clinical trials are an important way to test healthcare treatments and need diverse participants to be most effective. Studying what minority patients think about healthcare and clinical trials may help researchers learn more about why minorities are less likely to enroll in clinical trials and create programs to help increase their enrollment.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Jan 2016
Longer than P75 for all trials
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 12, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 14, 2015
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 25, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 7, 2021
CompletedSeptember 8, 2023
September 1, 2023
3.7 years
May 12, 2015
September 7, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Attitudes towards and knowledge regarding clinical trials
Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize patient attitudes towards and knowledge of clinical trials for each underserved group and for the elderly using means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies for categorical variables.
Baseline
Cancer-related health needs
Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize cancer-related health needs for each underserved group means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies for categorical variables.
Baseline
Perceived quality of care
Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize perceived quality of care for each underserved group using means and standard deviations for continuous variables and frequencies for categorical variables.
Baseline
Secondary Outcomes (6)
Attitudes towards and knowledge regarding clinical trials
Baseline
Attitudes towards and knowledge regarding clinical trials by the elderly
Baseline
Cancer-related health needs by elderly patients
Baseline
Cancer-related needs
Baseline
Perceived quality of care
Baseline
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (1)
Health services research (surveys, questionnaires)
Patients complete survey items across a number of domains (patient characteristics, access to health care, perceived quality of care, clinical trial knowledge and attitudes, and cancer related health needs). Patients also complete questionnaires to obtain demographics information including age, education, race and ethnicity, marital status, employment status, insurance coverage, and income, as well as health status/indicators. Cancer-related characteristics, including diagnosis, stage, time since diagnosis, and treatments received are obtained self-report and patients' medical records.
Interventions
Obtain medical data
Complete demographics questionnaires
Eligibility Criteria
Patients who have received a diagnosis of a malignant cancer belonging to one of the minority/underserved populations.
You may qualify if:
- Patients who have received a diagnosis of a malignant cancer
- Patients belonging to one of the minority/underserved populations: self-reported Hispanic/Latino or Black/African American, rural, uninsured, or young adult (ages 18-39) at the time of diagnosis, or are a randomly sampled patient with an upcoming scheduled appointment at CCCWFU that does not meet the definition of underserved for this study
- Patients who have a scheduled outpatient appointment physically located at a CCCWFU adult oncology clinic (main medical campus) and have completed at least three outpatient medical appointments at CCCWFU in the adult oncology clinics
You may not qualify if:
- Patients who receive their cancer care in clinics outside of adult oncology at CCCWFU
- Patients receiving care at the CCCWFU adult oncology clinics for screening, diagnostic or non-cancer related reasons only
- Unable or unwilling to consent or complete the survey
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jimmy Ruiz
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- OTHER
- Time Perspective
- CROSS SECTIONAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 12, 2015
First Posted
May 14, 2015
Study Start
January 1, 2016
Primary Completion
September 25, 2019
Study Completion
July 7, 2021
Last Updated
September 8, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-09