Clinical trial · Interventional
Socio-legal Services for Underserved Populations Through Patient Navigation to Optimize Resources During Treatment
Project SUPPORT (Socio-legal Services for Underserved Populations Through Patient Navigation to Optimize Resources During Treatment)
NCT02232074CI-TRIAL-00041139SUPPORTcompletedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The investigators plan to compare standard patient navigation with an enhanced navigation partnered with the Medical Legal Partnership \| Boston (MLP) to determine if assessing legal needs of newly diagnosed cancer patients in addition to other barriers to care leads to better clinical outcomes.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient navigation enhanced with legal support | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Patient navigation enhanced with legal support
- description
- In addition to receiving standard navigation, patients will be connected with a Patient Navigator who is partnered with a lawyer from Medical-Legal Partnership to provide personalized assistance with regard to social-legal barriers.
- interventionNames
- Other: Patient navigation enhanced with legal support
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard patient navigation
- description
- These patients will receive standard patient navigation which will work to ensure that services are coordinated amongst medical personnel, while also addressing patients' needs.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Proportion of Participants Initiating Treatment Within 90 Days of Diagnosis Among BREAST Cancer Participants
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Newly diagnosed breast and lung cancer patients * Within 30 days of patient being informed of diagnosis * Receiving cancer care at Boston Medical Center * No history of cancer treatment in past 5 years * No cognitive impairments * Over 18 years of age * Speak English, Spanish or Haitian Creole Exclusion Criteria: * Patient informed of cancer diagnosis \>30 days * Patient under 18 yrs. of age * Primary language something other than English, Spanish or Haitian Creole * Undergoing treatment for concurrent cancer * Patient has history of cancer or has received cancer treatment within the last 5 years * Institutionalized/cognitive impairment (such as: dementia or metabolic, medication or drug induced), given the unique challenges to their treatment decision making/adherence and the fact that the intervention would not include the patient directly, but rather the family.
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