Differences in Timely Cancer Diagnosis in African American and Caucasian Patients With Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Gathering information about timely diagnosis in African American and Caucasian patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer may help doctors learn more about factors that influence a diagnosis and plan the best treatment. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying differences in timely cancer diagnosis in African American patients and in Caucasian patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00856115

Run by

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

84

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2014-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-16

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 21 years of age or older
• Cognitively able to participate in an interview
• Diagnosed with Colorectal cancer
• Patient at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, or Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• diagnosed within 6 months of the scheduled interview
• have no prior history of colon cancer or cancer of any other major organ system
• any stage of cancer
• Patient will have described their symptoms to their PCPs
• Patient will have acted as their own decision maker
• Must be African American or Caucasian

You may not qualify if…

• No disease discovered by previous routine screening or by other unintentional detection procedure (i.e., without symptom appraisal process or communicating specific symptoms to physicians)
• Not living in nursing or assisted living facilities
• Cognitive impairment

Where it is running

• Lake/University Ireland Cancer Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Southwest General Health Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• UH-Green Road — South Euclid, Ohio, United States

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