A Multilevel Approach to Connecting Underrepresented Populations to Clinical Trials

Part of paid clinical trials in Gainesville, Florida.

Sponsor
University of Florida
Study ID
NCT05655494
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 100 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Stand-alone Research Portal — BEHAVIORAL
    The standard of care condition will include a portal that provides patients with access to existing online cancer clinical trial resources in one location. This includes links to pages with basic information about cancer clinical trials, ongoing studies, enrollment opportunities for existing institutional research registries, and contact information for study coordinators.
  • Portal with Virtual Community Health Educator (vCHE) — BEHAVIORAL
    The virtual community health educator condition will provide all information in standard of care with the addition of a virtual community health educator. Patients will have the opportunity to choose which virtual community health educator will provide digital navigation. The choices will include at least four English-speaking and four Spanish-speaking virtual community health educators representing different genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to pilot test and evaluate an existing tailored ALEX (Agent Leveraging Empathy for eXams) Research Portal to navigate Black and Hispanic adult cancer patients and their family members through referral to cancer clinical trials.

Key Dates

Start date
May 20, 2025
Status verified
Aug 2025
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2027
Completion
Aug 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
350 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: Stand-alone Portal
    The standard of care condition will include a portal that provides patients with access to existing online cancer clinical trial resources in one location. This includes links to pages with basic information about cancer clinical trials, ongoing studies, enrollment opportunities for existing institutional research registries, and contact information for study coordinators.
  • Arm: Portal with Virtual Community Health Educator (vCHE)
    The virtual community health educator condition will provide all information in standard of care with the addition of a virtual community health educator. Patients will have the opportunity to choose which virtual community health educator will provide digital navigation. The choices will include at least four English-speaking and four Spanish-speaking virtual community health educators representing different genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds.

Primary Outcome Measure

Proportion of patients who self-refer to cancer clinical trials [ Time Frame: Within two 2 months of consent ]

Central Contacts

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of FloridaGainesvilleFlorida32611
Benjamin Lok, PhD
[email protected]
352-214-9829
Benjamin Lok, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Mayo Clinic in FloridaJacksonvilleFlorida32224
Clinical Trials Referral Office
[email protected]
855-776-0015
ETCH Lab
[email protected]
904-953-5375
Janice Krieger, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
University of MiamiMiamiFlorida33136
Olveen Carrasquillo, MD
[email protected]
305-243-9765
Olveen Carrasquillo, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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