Education & Mentorship of Advanced Practice Providers to Increase Community-based Research Within the NCORP Network, COACH-APP Trial

Conditions

• Other

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Educational Intervention — OTHER
  Receive access to SWOG APP Clinical Research workshop. Receive The Advanced Practice Provider Clinical Trials Research Manual
• Behavioral Intervention — OTHER
  Complete mentorship intervention
• Survey Administration — OTHER
  Ancillary studies
• Interview — OTHER
  Ancillary studies

Study Details

This clinical trial evaluates whether a mentorship and education intervention called COACH-APP works to improve advanced practice providers' (APPs) confidence in their ability to participate in clinical research (research self-efficacy). APPs are skilled clinicians who are routinely part of cancer care teams, but who may not routinely be part of the research care team at community oncology sites. The COACH-APP program provides focused education and structured mentorship to assist in meaningful integration to the research care team, which may increase research self-efficacy among APPs and ultimately improve patient care and access to clinical trials.

Key Dates

Start date

Sep 5, 2025

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Jun 30, 2028

Completion

Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

97 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• Experimental: Arm I (COACH-APP)
  APPs complete the SWOG APP Clinical Research Workshop, consisting of 6 modules, over 2 hours and receive The Advanced Practice Provider Clinical Trials Research Manual. APPs also complete 5 mentoring sessions, over 15-60 minutes each, over 12 months.
• Active Comparator: Arm II (education control)
  APPs receive access to the SWOG APP Clinical Research Workshop and The Advanced Practice Provider Clinical Trials Research Manual for 12 months.
• Other: Mentors
  The seven COACH-APP Mentors who provide the mentorship in the COACH-APP arm will also be enrolled as participants in the study.
• Other: Research Care Team Members
  20 Research Care Team Members will also be enrolled in the study to participate in qualitative interviews to assess their perceptions of the COACH-APP intervention.

Primary Outcome Measure

Research self-efficacy (RSE) [ Time Frame: From baseline to 12 months post-randomization ]

Central Contacts

• Karen Craver
  336-716-0891
  [email protected]

Locations (31)

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