Clinical trial · Interventional
A Virtual Community Health Educator for Increasing Clinical Trial Referrals Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers
Precision Clinical Trial Recruitment to Promote Cancer Health Equity Across Florida (Aims 2 & 3)
- 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)
This clinical trial studies how well a virtual community health educator (vCHE) works in increasing clinical trial referrals for patients with cancer and their caregivers. Low enrollment of underrepresented and underserved populations in cancer clinical trials has led to disparities in intervention development and implementation. One approach to recruiting diverse populations to cancer clinical trials is community health educators. However, community health educator interventions are costly and difficult to implement. vCHEs are photo-realistic virtual agents that provide personalized guidance and support to users. They are designed to mimic real-life community health workers, offering culturally and linguistically tailored information to users. They can communicate in English or Spanish and are available in diverse genders and racial/ethnic backgrounds. vCHEs may be able to increase the enrollment of diverse participants into cancer clinical trials.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Malignant Solid Neoplasm | Malignant Solid Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet-Based Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Virtual Technology Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I (ALEX Research Portal, vCHE)
- description
- Participants receive information about available cancer clinical trials via the ALEX Research Portal and vCHE over 20-30 minutes on study.
- interventionNames
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- Other: Virtual Technology Intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm II (online text)
- description
- Participants receive information about available cancer clinical trials via online text on study.
- interventionNames
- Other: Internet-Based Intervention
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals Diagnosed with Cancer * 18 years or older * Must have received a cancer diagnosis at any point in your life * Able to understand English or Spanish * Care Partners * Must be a care partner (also known as caregiver, carer, supporter, helper, aide, assistant, companion, attendant, advocate, or family caregiver) of an adult who has received a cancer diagnosis * Must be actively involved in the decision-making process OR care of a person diagnosed with cancer * Must be 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Self-reported: people who are currently or have been in a cancer clinical trial within the last 3 years
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