Clinical trial NCT03081507: Muslim Americans Reaching for Health and Building Alliances (MARHABA): Patient Navigation Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women in New York City
Official title: Muslim Americans Reaching for Health and Building Alliances (MARHABA): Patient Navigation Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Muslim Women in New York City
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Keywords: Muslim Americans
Patient Navigation
Breast Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Lead sponsor: NYU Langone Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-03-16
Enrollment: 432
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Study participants will be randomized to an LHW-led small media intervention arm (SM-LHW) or a LHW-led patient navigation plus small media intervention arm (PN-LHW) upon determination of study eligibility and informed consent procedures.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: Studies have reported Muslims in the US and NYC face numerous language and healthcare access barriers. This is a randomized randomized controlled design will be used to test the efficacy of a Patient Navigation (PN) intervention to increase participation in breast and/or cervical cancer screening among Muslim women age 40 - 75 years living in NYC. Study participants will be randomized to an Lay Health Workers (LHW) led small media intervention arm (SM-LHW) or a LHW-led patient navigation plus small media intervention arm (PN-LHW). A specific aim of the study is to develop, implement and evaluate the efficacy of a two-arm, randomized control trial designed to increase receipt of breast and/or cervical cancer screening among Muslim women aged 40 -75 years in New York City (NYC).

Detailed description: The goal of this study, entitled Muslim Americans Reaching for Health and Building Alliances (MARHABA), is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally patient navigation (PN) intervention designed for Muslim women to increase breast and cervical cancer screening participation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* self-identify as Muslim
* female
* residence in a NYC borough
* self-report as having received a mammogram more than two years ago and are age 40-74 years
* self-report having received a Pap test more than three years ago and are age 40-65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

* Report a past or current diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer
* Report having had a hysterectomy
* Report having had breast reconstructive surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Awareness of Pap Test
timeFrame: 5 Months
measure: Awareness of Mammogram
timeFrame: 5 Months
measure: Pap test receipt
timeFrame: 5 Months
measure: Mammogram test receipt
timeFrame: 5 Months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New York
country: United States
facility: New York University School of Medicine
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: NYU Langone Health
name: Nadia Islam
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Wyatt LC, Chebli P, Patel S, Alam G, Naeem A, Maxwell AE, Raveis VH, Ravenell J, Kwon SC, Islam NS. A Culturally Adapted Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention Among Muslim Women in New York City: Results from the MARHABA Trial. J Cancer Educ. 2023 Apr;38(2):682-690. doi: 10.1007/s13187-022-02177-5. Epub 2022 May 19.