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A Virtual Community Health Educator for Increasing Clinical Trial Referrals Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers

NCT07126496 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2000

Last updated 2026-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This clinical trial studies how well a virtual community health educator (vCHE) works in increasing clinical trial referrals for patients with cancer and their caregivers. Low enrollment of underrepresented and underserved populations in cancer clinical trials has led to disparities in intervention development and implementation. One approach to recruiting diverse populations to cancer clinical trials is community health educators. However, community health educator interventions are costly and difficult to implement. vCHEs are photo-realistic virtual agents that provide personalized guidance and support to users. They are designed to mimic real-life community health workers, offering culturally and linguistically tailored information to users. They can communicate in English or Spanish and are available in diverse genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds. vCHEs may be able to increase the enrollment of diverse participants into cancer clinical trials.

Conditions

  • Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm
  • Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Interventions

OTHER

Internet-Based Intervention

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OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Virtual Technology Intervention

Receive information via ALEX Research Portal and vCHE

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Mayo Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Janice L. Krieger, PhD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-20
Primary Completion
2027-08-31
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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