Educational Program for Cancer
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
Less than 5% of patient enter clinical trials, despite the fact that many patients facing cancer are recommended to seek out clinical trials. One challenge of finding a clinical trial, is the lack of clinical trials at the patient's home cancer centre. The Clinical Trials Navigator (CTN) program was established to help patients, their families and heath care providers navigate the clinical trials systems across Canada in order to identify meaningful clinical trials for patients and help them enter those trials.
The CTN program was piloted in Windsor, Ontario and increased clinical trials accrual for this population by 8%. This study plans to roll out to twenty centres across Canada, mimicing the process. This implementation of the CTN program will be tested by adding centres in a sequential fashion until all centres are added over the 12 month period.
The objectives are improved patient enrollment which will be measured by embedded CTNs in each cancer centre, and reporting to the central site.
Pre- and post-implementation structured interviews with administrators, physicians, patients and allied health care professionals will be used to assess uptake of the CTN program in each centre and reveal potential barriers to successful implementation of a nation-wide CTN program.
The ability of the current CTN program to upscale to twenty centres will be measured by turn-around times of patient reports and through the structured interviews.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Caroline M Hamm, MD
Principal Investigator
Western Unversity
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for cancer patients and health care professionals in Thunder Bay and Winnipeg who are interested in learning about or enrolling in clinical trials. Participants should be connected to these specific cancer centres.Inclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Pre-implementation
Centers use their current standard-of-care process for identifying available trials and enrollment without direct intervention from the CTN program.
Implementation
The CTN program is implemented at each center, with a washout period to resolve any local issues.
Follow-up
Physician surveys and stakeholder interviews to assess the effectiveness of the CTN program.
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Clinical Trials Navigator (CTN) program
Trial Overview
The study is testing an educational program called the Clinical Trials Navigator (CTN), which helps patients, families, and healthcare providers find and enroll in suitable cancer clinical trials across Canada. The program will be introduced at multiple centers over a year.
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Active Control
In the two time periods: pre - intervention and post-intervention, patient charts will be reviewed to assess referral to and accrual onto clinical trials outside of their home cancer treatment centre.
This group will be followed throughout the pre and post intervention period with regular surveys requesting input on number of patients referred to and accrued onto clinical trials outside of the patient's home cancer treatment centre.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Windsor Regional Hospital
Lead Sponsor
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