Clinical trial NCT03880526: Rural Survivorship Navigation Program
Official title: Rural Survivorship naVigation Program (RSVP): Building Community Capacity for Cancer Control
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cancer
Keywords: Cancer prevention control
Cancer navigation
Lead sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2019-03-19
Enrollment: 503
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The target population for this study is adult men and women of all races and ethnicities who have received a diagnosis of cancer and are residing in a rural area of Northwest North Carolina.

Brief summary: The purpose of this proposed study is to enhance the investigators understanding of the comprehensive psychosocial and medical needs of rural cancer patients and survivors along the cancer continuum, ultimately allowing us to address these gaps by identifying areas of support that can be bolstered by a population health navigator focused on rural populations.

Detailed description: Primary objectives

To enhance understanding of the comprehensive psychosocial and medical needs of cancer survivors and caregivers in rural northwest North Carolina, focusing on their health needs, psychosocial concerns, perceived needs related to cancer and survivorship care, access/barriers to care, and knowledge/perceptions of clinical research using focus groups and semi-structured interviews. This aim is hypothesis-generating.

To document rural cancer patient/survivors' reports of: a) health behaviors; b) psychosocial needs; c) current health-related information and supportive care needs; d) barriers to care; e) symptoms and health-related quality of life using a quantitative survey

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Cancer diagnosis (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) and \> 6 months post-definitive treatment (e.g., surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation); Survivors on ongoing systemic maintenance therapies (e.g., hormonal therapies and immunotherapies) are eligible
* Currently residing in one of the 6 priority counties in northwest North Carolina (Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, or Wilkes) or in a rural area in North Carolina as defined by a rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) code of 4-10.
* Ability and willingness to attend a one-time focus group or interview and/or complete a one-time study survey
* Age greater than 18 years.

Providers:

* Healthcare provider (e.g. primary care, oncology or other specialty, allied health) with knowledge of the needs of adult cancer survivors who are currently working in one of the priority counties in Northwest North Carolina (Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, or Wilkes)
* Ability and willingness to attend a one-time interview

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those who are unable to read and understand English, as the study interviews/focus groups and survey will be conducted in English
* Unwilling to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Improving Cancer-Related Experiences Through Interviews or Focus Group Settings
timeFrame: 90 minutes
measure: Measurement of Quality of Life
timeFrame: 90 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
name: Kathryn Weaver, MPH, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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