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Improving Care for Rural Patients With Solid Tumors

NCT04916990 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 320

Last updated 2026-02-05

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Summary

This study will assess if the CARES (Cancer Advocacy, Resources, Education and Support) intervention improves time to start of treatment after diagnosis and time to treatment completion for solid tumors (ex: lung, head, neck, thyroid, cervical, breast, bladder, colon, and rectal cancers) in rural patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CARES Intervention

Nurse navigators and masters levels counselors will meet with participants up to 10 times each (10 navigation and 10 counseling) over a 6 month period. The number of sessions will be determined by the length of the patient's treatment. The timing of each session will be guided by a regular assessment to reduce the time from diagnosis to initiation of treatment and the time between subsequent treatments. Sessions will occur at key transition points during treatment to target the factors associated with treatment delays, reduced Quality of Care and poor Patient Reported Outcomes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Evelinn Borrayo, PhD · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-01
Primary Completion
2027-01-01
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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