Cancer Prevention and Care Among Aged

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Health Care Partners in Cancer Prevention and Care Among Aged

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01831375
• Other study ID #: R01CA098966-07
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 11, 2013
• Last updated: January 31, 2017
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Case Western Reserve University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This research represents a pioneering effort to design a brief, cost effective and readily transportable program that will enable disadvantaged elders to become more effective participants in their health care.

The intervention is expected to result in trained elders becoming more knowledgeable health care partners. Trained patients will be prepared for appointments and will engage their primary care physicians in active dialogue regarding cancer prevention and screening.

Based on self-advocacy, these patients are expected to receive better preventive care and report greater satisfaction with care. Program participation can subsequently contribute to general health improvements and minimize health disparities.

Description:

In a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 400 older adults, the investigators will assess the efficacy of the "Speak Up" intervention (N=200) relative to an attention control group "Connect" program (N=200), aimed at enhancing social and civic engagement. Participants will now obtain resource materials that include decision aids and diary logs to bring to visits with doctors. The investigators will implement "Speak Up" and "Connect" programs in two unique study populations: 1) participants in the ongoing NCI study and 2) older adults attending senior center programs sponsored by Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs). Participants will be assessed prior to the intervention and 2 month, and 12 months post intervention. The investigators will have an observation window of 12 months to determine whether and when the older adult obtained screening. The selection of a shorter follow-up time frame will help reduce attrition.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 697
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women

• Over the age of 65 from Area Agencies of Aging who are interested in participating

Exclusion Criteria:

• No exclusion

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Speak Up
Intervention group_treatment group
• Get connected
Participants will learn to be connected with social resources in the community.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Case Western Reserve University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perception of Physician Quality Scale	Perception of Physician Quality Scale(Lee & Kasper, 1998) will be used to measure patient satisfaction with physician care (p. 21). Questions include satisfaction with physician visits and satisfaction with physician knowledge of respondent's medical problems. This scale has been utilized with elderly populations (e.g. Burton et al. 2002) and has been found to be a valid and reliable (Cronbach's alpha greater than .8) measure of patient satisfaction (Lee & Kasper, 1998).	one year
Secondary	Cancer Screening Recommendations	Physicians would make more recommendations for cancer prevention and screening	one year

External Links

•   Related information about the Elderly Care Research Center and Director Eva Kahana, PhD