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Impact of ICCAN on Cancer Treatment Completion and Quality of Life

Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

About this trial

Last updated 2 years ago

Study ID

12-223

Status

Recruiting

Type

Observational

Placebo

No

Accepting

18-75 Years
21 to 80 Years
All
All

Not accepting

Not accepting
Healthy Volunteers

Trial Timing

Started 13 years ago

What is this trial about?

The purpose of this 1 year study is to see if the ICCAN program is working, and to compare the ICCAN program to the standard hospital services provided in New York City hospitals, like meeting with a Social Worker or a Patient Navigator (a person who provides personal hospital guidance).

What are the Participation Requirements?

Participant Inclusion Criteria:

Patient is eligible if he/she is

- fluent in English, Spanish, or Mandarin

- between the ages of 21-80 years old

- cancer patients currently receiving chemotherapy (started within the past month)
and/or radiation therapy (started within the past week), or

- scheduled to begin chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy within the next 2 months
(excluding surgery only patients)

- planning on remaining in the area for at least 1 year

Clinician is eligible if he/she:

- Has an MD or DO degree

- Is the treating physician providing care to a patient enrolled to the study

ICCAN-IO Phase 1: Refinement, participant is eligible if he/she per EMR or self-report:

- Is 18 - 85 years of age

- Has unresectable locally advanced, locally recurrent unresectable, metastatic, or high
risk/early stage TNBC

- Is treated in the NY metropolitan area

- Self-identifies as Black or Hispanic, and/or is low-SES (low SES will be defined as
household income < 200% of federal poverty level)

- Has English or Spanish proficiency

- Agrees to be audio-recorded

ICCAN-IO Phase 2: Pilot RCT, participant is eligible if he/she per EMR or self-report:

- Is 18 - 85 years of age

- Has stage II-III TNBC

- Treated at MSK in Harlem, Nassau, or Manhattan

- Self identifies as Black or Hispanic, and/or is low SES (low SES will be defined as
household income < 200% of federal poverty level)

- Has English or Spanish proficiency

- Agrees to be audio-recorded

ICCAN-IO process evaluation study team participants only:

- Staff member who serves as an Access Facilitator

- Agrees to be audio-recorded

Participant Exclusion Criteria:

Patient is ineligible is he/she is:

- diagnosed with Stage IV disease

- presence of untreated psychiatric disturbance (i.e. acute psychiatric symptoms which
require individual treatment) and/or cognitive impairment disorder (e.g., delirium or
dementia) verified by medical record sufficient to preclude completion of the
assessment measures, interview or informed consent

- has another family member already enrolled in ICCAN (as determined by patient report)

ICCAN-IO Phase 1: Refinement, participant is ineligible if he/she per EMR or self-report:

- Started immunotherapy

- Presence of untreated psychiatric disturbance (i.e. acute psychiatric symptoms which
require individual treatment) and/or cognitive impairment disorder (e.g., delirium or
dementia) sufficient to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or
informed consent

- Has another family member already enrolled in ICCAN

- Already participating in or already completed the ICCAN program

ICCAN-IO Phase 2: Pilot RCT, participant is ineligible if he/she per EMR or self-report:

- Started immunotherapy

- Presence of untreated psychiatric disturbance (i.e. acute psychiatric symptoms which
require individual treatment) and/or cognitive impairment disorder (e.g., delirium or
dementia) sufficient to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or
informed consent

- Has another family member already enrolled in ICCAN

- Already participating in or already completed the ICCAN program.