Remote Screening and Navigation to Help Bladder and Prostate Cancer Patients Join Trials

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults with prostate or bladder cancer who receive care at taking-part community clinics in Washington State. It tests a remote screening and navigation program to help more patients join clinical trials.

Age

18 years or older

Sex

All sexes can join.

Disease stage

Prostate or bladder cancer. ECOG performance status 0-3.

Main reasons for not taking part

• People enrolled in hospice cannot join.
• People whose records cannot be reviewed on Epic CareEverywhere cannot join.
• People who do not understand English or Spanish cannot join.

The registry criteria, word for word

What the trial wants to find out

This clinical trial studies the feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and effectiveness of a remote screening and navigation program in increasing clinical trial enrollment among patients with prostate and bladder cancer receiving cancer care in the community setting. Genitourinary (GU) cancers, including prostate and bladder cancer, are among the most common affecting patients in the United States. In spite of recent advances, there are still only a few broad categories of treatments effective in both prostate and bladder cancer, and investigating new therapies in clinical trials is essential. In Washington State, the majority of patients with prostate and bladder cancer are treated at local community oncology sites. Patients are referred to Fred Hutch (FH) GU oncologists for clinical trials, but often this referral occurs once a patient has exhausted all standard of care options for treatment. This remote screening and navigation study involves approaching patients at community oncology and urology clinics in the Washington State area and pre-screening them for eligibility in open clinical trials at FH. Interested eligible patients will then be referred to our patient navigation program to be seen by a GU medical oncologist at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. This program may help increase access to clinical trials for patients with prostate and bladder cancer, as well as strengthen collaboration between community oncology providers and GU oncology specialists at FH.

The 3 groups in the trial

• Group I (pre-screening)Treatment being tested

  Patients have their medical records reviewed by the research nursing team and are pre-screened for open clinical trials at Fred Hutch Cancer Center for 9 months. Patients NOT eligible for a clinical trial are notified and receive no further contact.

  Treatment: Electronic Health Record Review, Prescreen, and Survey Administration

• Group II (pre-screening, GU appointment)Treatment being tested

  Patients have their medical records reviewed by the research nursing team and are pre-screened for open clinical trials at Fred Hutch Cancer Center for 9 months. Patients who are immediately eligible for a clinical trial who are interested in learning more about the clinical trial(s) are contacted and scheduled for an appointment with a GU medical oncologist to discuss further. Patients who are immediately eligible for a clinical trial who are NOT interested receive no further contact. These patients may have the option for future pre-screening.

  Treatment: Electronic Health Record Review, Patient Navigation, Prescreen, and Survey Administration

• Group III (pre-screening, GU appointment, re-screening)Treatment being tested

  Patients have their medical records reviewed by the research nursing team and are pre-screened for open clinical trials at Fred Hutch Cancer Center for 9 months. Patients who are eligible for a clinical trial in the future upon disease progression or change in status who are interested in learning more about the clinical trial(s) are contacted and scheduled for an appointment with a GU medical oncologist to discuss further. Patients who are eligible for a clinical trial in the future upon disease progression or change in status who are interested in pursuing the clinical trial(s) upon eligibility, but do not wish to proceed to a GU appointment have the option to reach out at time of eligibility for re-screening and appointment. Patients who are eligible for a clinical trial in the future upon disease progression or change in status who are NOT interested in the clinical trial(s) they are eligible for and/or not interested in participation receive no further contact.

  Treatment: Electronic Health Record Review, Patient Navigation, Prescreen, Rescreening, and Survey Administration