Precision Clinical Trial Recruitment to Promote Cancer Health Equity Across Florida
University of Florida
Summary
The purpose of this study is to pilot test and evaluate an existing tailored ALEX (Agent Leveraging Empathy for eXams) Research Portal to navigate Black and Hispanic adult cancer patients and their family members through referral to cancer clinical trials.
Description
Racial and ethnic minorities represent the fastest growing segment of the United States adult population, yet they remain significantly underrepresented in cancer clinical trials (CCTs). Low trust in clinical research and recruitment approaches that fail to address multilevel barriers to CCT participation are key reasons for minority population underrepresentation. Community health educators (CHEs) improve trust in research among underrepresented populations, yet relying on exclusively on CHE availability can limit intervention reach. Virtual CHEs (vCHEs) improve scalability by extending CHE c…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–100 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * An adult 18 to 100 years of age, * Able to read English or Spanish at least an eighth-grade level, * From a racial/ethnic background historically underrepresented in cancer clinical trials (e.g. Blacks or African Americans and/or Hispanics or Latinos), * Have an email account or the ability to receive texts, * Willingness to be re-contacted, * Be a resident of the state of Florida. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read English or Spanish at least at eighth-grade level * Does not have an email account or the ability to receive texts * Unwilling to be re-contacted * Non r…
Interventions
- BehavioralStand-alone Research Portal
The standard of care condition will include a portal that provides patients with access to existing online cancer clinical trial resources in one location. This includes links to pages with basic information about cancer clinical trials, ongoing studies, enrollment opportunities for existing institutional research registries, and contact information for study coordinators.
- BehavioralPortal with Virtual Community Health Educator (vCHE)
The virtual community health educator condition will provide all information in standard of care with the addition of a virtual community health educator. Patients will have the opportunity to choose which virtual community health educator will provide digital navigation. The choices will include at least four English-speaking and four Spanish-speaking virtual community health educators representing different genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Locations (3)
- University of FloridaGainesville, Florida
- Mayo Clinic in FloridaJacksonville, Florida
- University of MiamiMiami, Florida