Socio-legal Services for Underserved Populations Through Patient Navigation to Optimize Resources During Treatment

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Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

The investigators plan to compare standard patient navigation with an enhanced navigation partnered with the Medical Legal Partnership \| Boston (MLP) to determine if assessing legal needs of newly diagnosed cancer patients in addition to other barriers to care leads to better clinical outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02232074

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

306

Starts

2014-02-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Newly diagnosed breast and lung cancer patients
• Within 30 days of patient being informed of diagnosis
• Receiving cancer care at Boston Medical Center
• No history of cancer treatment in past 5 years
• No cognitive impairments
• Over 18 years of age
• Speak English, Spanish or Haitian Creole

You may not qualify if…

• Patient informed of cancer diagnosis >30 days
• Patient under 18 yrs. of age
• Primary language something other than English, Spanish or Haitian Creole
• Undergoing treatment for concurrent cancer
• Patient has history of cancer or has received cancer treatment within the last 5 years
• Institutionalized/cognitive impairment (such as: dementia or metabolic, medication or drug induced), given the unique challenges to their treatment decision making/adherence and the fact that the intervention would not include the patient directly, but rather the family.

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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