Clinical trial · Interventional
Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care
NCT03226405CI-TRIAL-00044760unknownN/AClinicalTrials.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 MGH Cancer Center's patient navigation (PN) program, utilizes specially trained community-based personnel to improve cancer care in underserved communities by increasing cancer screening and removing barriers to timely care. This program incorporate rigorous evaluation to demonstrate the impact of innovation in healthcare delivery.
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 (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Navigation Program | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Patient Navigation Program
- description
- * The study team will identify, track, and provide navigation for all adult patients referred to Cancer Center from the CHC and community partners for cancer treatment. * The Patient Navigation Program include * Education, * Appointment reminders, * Help with insurance, * Transportation, * Navigating the Cancer Center, * Assisting in finding appropriate child care, * Interpreting, * Connecting the patient to psychosocial and/or palliative care teams, * Physically escorting the patient to appointments
- interventionNames
- Other: Patient Navigation Program
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard of Care
- description
- * The patients will receive enhanced usual care, * This consist of personal phone call reminders about upcoming appointments at the MGH Cancer Center
- interventionNames
- Other: Usual Care
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (age 18 and older) * Newly diagnosed with cancer referred from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community health centers in * Revere * Chelsea * Charlestown * surrounding communities referred to receive cancer treatment at the MGH Cancer Center Exclusion Criteria: -Patients that primary care providers exclude
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available
No reference posted for this study.