Radiation Therapy Outreach Program for Minority or Low-Income Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: An outreach program may help minority or low-income cancer patients overcome problems that keep them from receiving quality care. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a radiation therapy outreach program works in minority or low-income patients with newly diagnosed cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00400699

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

3150

Starts

2004-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-01-31

Who can join

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

Where it is running

• UPMC Cancer Center at UPMC McKeesport — McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States
• UPMC Cancer Center - New Castle — New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
• Mercy Cancer Institute at Mercy Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Somerset Oncology Center — Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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