Patient Navigator Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer

In brief

Patient Navigation is a Supportive Care Intervention that addresses barriers to quality standard care by providing individualized assistance to patients and families. The NCI is conducting several research programs to test the effectiveness of this approach. The expected outcomes of patient navigation through the cancer care system include: * Timely, definitive diagnosis following an abnormal test * Timely treatment following positive diagnosis * Patient satisfaction with the diagnostic and care system experience

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00375024

Run by

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

People needed

1267

Starts

2007-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Receive health care at one of the enrolled clinics
• Newly diagnosed with breast of colorectal cancer or if they have an abnormality that is suspicious for breast (breast lump, or abnormal mammogram) or colorectal cancer (abnormal colon screening test, blood in bowel movement).

You may not qualify if…

• Persons with previous history of breast or colon cancer will be excluded from the study

Where it is running

• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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