Clinical trial · Observational
ORCA: Opportunities to Raise Cancer Awareness After Referral: Survey of Patient Views
- 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 investigate what patients think about increasing provision of advice about how to detect cancer early and how to reduce their future cancer risk after they are discharged from a two-week wait referral pathway for suspected cancer. This study will send a postal survey to patients living in the UK who were recently referred onto the suspected cancer pathway and were discharged without a cancer diagnosis (i.e. a negative diagnosis). Patients will be presented with different types of support and patients' views of the burden, benefits, understanding and perceived effectiveness of each one will be measured.
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 (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- UK National Health Service Patient Postal Survey Participants
- description
- Patients who have agreed to participate in the study after receiving a postal invitation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Participants' prospective acceptability ratings of different types of cancer advice and support interventions using a thirteen-item scale
- timeFrame
- cross sectional questionnaire to be completed 1-3 months after urgent referral
- description
- Prospective acceptability (perceived acceptability prior to intervention participation) of different cancer advice and support interventions, will be compared using scores obtained from a 13-item scale reflecting the domains of the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (Scott et al 2021).
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportions of participants willing to receive each type of advice/ support, after discharge from a two week wait (urgent referral) pathway
- timeFrame
- cross sectional questionnaire to be completed 1-3 months after urgent referral
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults \>18 years old 2. Referred through the two-week wait pathway for suspected cancer 3. Received a negative diagnosis (i.e. informed of a 'ruling out of cancer' according to the new 28-day faster diagnosis standard) within the past 1-3 months Exclusion Criteria: 1. Adults who have been diagnosed with cancer 2. Adults who have not yet been informed of their results from their urgent referral
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDScott SE, Rauf B, Waller J. "Whilst you are here..." Acceptability of providing advice about screening and early detection of other cancers as part of the breast cancer screening programme. Health Expect. 2021 Oct;24(5):1868-1878. doi: 10.1111/hex.13330. Epub 2021 Aug 8. PMID 34369071
- BACKGROUNDStevens C, Vrinten C, Smith SG, Waller J, Beeken RJ. Acceptability of receiving lifestyle advice at cervical, breast and bowel cancer screening. Prev Med. 2019 Mar;120:19-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.12.005. Epub 2018 Dec 19. PMID 30578909
- BACKGROUNDStevens C, Smith SG, Quaife SL, Vrinten C, Waller J, Beeken RJ. Interest in lifestyle advice at lung cancer screening: Determinants and preferences. Lung Cancer. 2019 Feb;128:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.11.036. Epub 2018 Nov 27. PMID 30642439