impact of iccan on cancer treatment completion and quality of life

Conditions: Cancer Patients

Summary: 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).


Eligibility criteria:
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 or stage i-iv lung cancer * eligible for fda approved immunotherapy in the nyc metropolitan area (per self-report or per msk patient emr records). * 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 manhattan or onemsk regional sites * 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: * 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 iccan-io phase 1: refinement, participant is ineligible if he/she per emr or self-report: * presence of untreated psychiatric disturbance (e.g., 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 * participants or family members who are participating in msk ihcd studies related to social determinants of health iccan-io phase 2: pilot rct, participant is ineligible if he/she per emr or self-report: * presence of untreated psychiatric disturbance (e.g, 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 * participants or family members who are participating in msk ihcd studies related to social determinants of health

Keywords: quality of life cancer 12-223