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

NCT00856115 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2014-07-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

medical chart review

Patient charts are reviewed to obtain medical data.

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Patients undergo a 45-60 minute interview to obtain information on variations in symptom perception, assessment, and patient-physician communication process. Patients are assessed by sociodemographic characteristics (i.e, education, gender, age, insurance status, employment status, income, race/ethnicity, and religiosity), information of close confidants (i.e., relationship, family history of cancer, and caregiver/decision-making status), and physician characteristics. Patients are also assessed by the Trust in the Health Care System, DMPQ, RCS, Brief COPE scale, Lukwago Religiosity scale, and RAND Social Support Survey questionnaires.

OTHER

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Patients are assessed by sociodemographic characteristics (i.e, education, gender, age, insurance status, employment status, income, race/ethnicity, and religiosity).

OTHER

survey administration

Patients are also assessed by the Trust in the Health Care System, DMPQ, RCS, Brief COPE scale, Lukwago Religiosity scale, and RAND Social Support Survey questionnaires.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sonja Harris-Haywood, MD · Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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