Clinical trial · Interventional
An Intervention to Increase Genetic Testing in Families Who May Share a Gene Mutation Related to Cancer Risk and An Intervention to Help Patients and Their Primary Care Providers Stay Up-to-date About Uncertain Genetic Test Results
Digital Technology to Enhance Access to and Effectiveness of Cancer Genetic Counseling: Effective Familial OutReach Via Tele-genetics (EfFORT) Trial & Supporting Test Result Interpretation and Variant Education (STRIVE) Trial
- 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 purpose of this study is to examine the impact of new cancer genetic counseling models that aim to increase patient engagement with the genetics team. To do this, the study consists of two trials to evaluate two related interventions. The first trial is the EfFORT Trial, which evaluates a cascade genetic testing intervention. Cascade testing is the process of offering genetic testing to people who are at risk of having inherited a possibly harmful gene change that has been found in their family. The study will look at how often genetic testing occurs when healthcare providers have permission to reach out to family members to recommend genetic testing and to help those who are interested get tested. The study will look at whether this cascade testing intervention is practical and effective. The study would like to see how this approach of healthcare providers reaching out directly to family members compares with the usual approach of patients telling their family members about the recommendation to get genetic testing. The second trial is the STRIVE Trial, which evaluates an intervention designed to help patients who receive an uncertain result from genetic testing (also called a "variant of uncertain significance") stay connected with their genetics care team, and to help patients and their primary care providers stay up-to-date about the meaning of uncertain genetic test results. The study will look at whether an intervention that consists of a study online portal for patients with uncertain genetic test results and their primary care providers will help them to stay up-to-date on the meaning of uncertain genetic test results. The study would like to see how this intervention compares to the usual approach of encouraging patients to re-contact their genetics care team on their own about a year after getting genetic testing."
Conditions
Conditions (22)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| APC Gene Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| ATM Gene Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| BARD1 Gene Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| BMPR1A Gene Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| BRCA1 Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| BRCA2 Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| BRIP1 Gene Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| CDKN2A Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| CHEK2 Gene Mutation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| EPCAM Gene Mutation |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention Arm At-risk Relative/ARR Contacts | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| MyGene Portal | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard of Care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (5)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Proband-Mediated Cascade Genetic Testing
- description
- Control arm- Behavioral: As per standard of care, probands will be given a Family Letter by their genetic counselor that they will be instructed to share with their at-risk relatives (ARR). In addition to the recommendation that ARR undergo genetic counseling and a list of local genetics clinics, this letter will include a link to the eDGP through which control ARR can enroll onto the present study. For these ARR, the eDGP will only be used to obtain study e-consent and to administer study surveys.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Standard of Care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- EfFORT Trial Intervention Arm: Provider-Facilitated Cascade Genetic Testing
- description
- Intervention arm-: Behavioral: Probands will give contact info for their ARR in the eDGP and indicate a date by which they will discuss the familial pathogenic variant with their ARR (can request a delay/halt to outreach). After this date the team will contact the ARR to invite them to review education and e-consent to the study. The study team will facilitate ARR cascade testing through telegenetics pre- and post-test counseling and saliva-based at home testing through MSK or a reference laboratory.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 25 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: EfFORT Trial Probands * Current MSK patient * Received post-test genetic counseling from MSK Clinical Genetics Service within the last 3 months (or within the last year for the de-identified non-randomized control probands) * 25 years of age or older * Self-reported "very well" comprehension of written and verbal English language or Spanish language * Has at least one ARR who meets criteria for study enrollment (see below) * First in the family to test positive for PV at MSK in any of the following cancer susceptibility genes, or an ARR of an MSK proband who converted to the proband role: APC I1307K, ATM, BARD1, BMPR1A, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CDKN2A (P16), CHEK2, EPCAM, GREM1, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PALB2, PMS2, POLD1, POLE, PTEN, RAD51C, RAD51D, SMAD4, BAP1, DICER1, FH, FLCN, HOXB13, KIT, MAX, MEN1, MET, MITF, PTCH1, RAD51B, RET, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, STK11, SUFU, TMEM127, TSC1, TSC2, VHL Principal Investigator discretion will be used to determine whether specific variants within the above genes meet a clinical actionability threshold to warrant familial genetic testing. EfFORT Trial At-Risk Relatives (ARRs): * Biological first-, second-, or third- degree relative of enrolled MSK proband * 25 years of age or older * Resides within the United States * Self-reported medical insurance which can be in or out of network with MSK * Self-reported "very well" comprehension of written and verbal English language STRIVE Trial VUS Patients * Current MSK patient * Received post-test genetic counseling from MSK Clinical Genetics Service within the last 3 months * 25 years of age or older * Self-reported "very well" comprehension of written and verbal English language or Spanish language * Has a VUS identified in any of the following cancer predisposition genes: APC, ATM, AXIN2, BAP1, BARD1, BLM, BMPR1A, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CDH1, CDK4, CDKN2A (P16), CHEK2, CTNNA1, DICER1, ELOC, EPCAM, FH, FLCN, GREM1, HOXB13, KEAP1, MAX, MBD4, MEN1, MET, MITF, MLH1, MLH3, MSH2, MSH3, MSH6, MUTYH, NF1, NF2, NTHL1, PALB2, PMS2, POLD1, POLE, POT1, PTEN, RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, RB1, RET, RNF43, RPS20, SDHA, SDHAF2, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SMAD4, STK11, TERT, TMEM127, TP53, TSC1, TSC2, VHL STRIVE Trial PCP Providers: * Designated healthcare provider for an enrolled VUS patient * Resides within the United States Exclusion Criteria: EfFORT Trial Probands * Is unwilling or unable to provide informed consent * Is unwilling or unable to create a MyMSK patient portal account (see section 3.0 on MyMSK patient usage at MSK and CGS) * Does not have an email address * Has enrolled in the STRIVE trial EfFORT Trial At-Risk Relatives (ARRs): * Is unwilling or unable to provide informed consent * Is unwilling or unable to create a MyMSK patient portal account * Has previously undergone genetic testing for the familial PV * Does not have an email address * Has opted out of study contact STRIVE Trial VUS Patients * Is unwilling or unable to provide informed consent * Is unwilling or unable to create a MyMSK patient portal account (see section 3.0 on MyMSK patient usage at MSK and CGS) * Does not have an email address * Has enrolled in the EfFORT trial STRIVE Trial PCP Providers * Contact information not available
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