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All CancersNCT00578162

A Study of Survivorship Service Capacities Among Health Care Agencies in New York City

An observational study of All Cancers, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

To describe the range of services available to cancer survivors in the NYC area. To determine organizations' need for assistance to enhance services for survivors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
All Cancers
What is being tested?
we will screen potential agencies using our CALL SCRIPT and our AGENCY SCREENER
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2005to Apr 2009
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: We assume that the collective network of cancer care and support services can be represented with data from no more than 300 New York City agencies, across all five boroughs. Theseagencies would include hospitals, clinical diagnostic centers, and community-based organizations.

Who may be able to join

  • To be eligible to participate in the study, an agency must:
  • Be a current provider of either:
  • General health services (GHS), such as primary care, health education and wellness, mental health services, home health care, palliative care, or cancer screening and diagnosis;
  • Cancer-specific medical treatments (CMT), such as cancer surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy; experimental therapies; cancer pain and symptom management; rehabilitation services; post-treatment monitoring and surveillance; or prophylactic treatments, such as chemoprevention; or
  • Any type of specialized 'post-cancer' or 'after-cancer' medical care or support services (SMC) (i.e., psychotherapeutic, relationship and family, psycho-educational,wellness and quality of life)
  • Be located within the five boroughs of New York City
  • Have been serving cancer patients for 12 months or longer, and
  • Be willing and able to identify an English-speaking representative, 21 years of age or older as its designated key informant.

Who cannot join

  • We will limit this study to provider agencies such as hospitals, diagnostic centers, clinics, health and human service agencies, and grassroots community organizations and public service settings that offer programs for cancer survivors. Independent practitioners or private practice settings will not be surveyed. Our survey questions are intended for major health services organizations and are not appropriate for private practices settings.
  • We will use our screening questionnaire to determine where or not a given agency should be included or excluded from the study AGENCY SCREENER.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

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About this study

To describe the range of services available to cancer survivors in the NYC area.

To determine organizations' need for assistance to enhance services for survivors.

Read the detailed description

To describe the range of services available to cancer survivors in the NYC area.

To determine organizations' need for assistance to enhance services for survivors.

Conditions
All Cancers
Being tested
we will screen potential agencies using our CALL SCRIPT and our AGENCY SCREENER
Keywords
Cancer, Survivors
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • we will screen potential agencies using our CALL SCRIPT and our AGENCY SCREENERBehavioural

    A cancer care facility or 'agency' is the study's unit of analysis. Data about participating agencies will be collected by electronic survey. Agencies will be identified using the NYSDOH's existing mailing list of care facilities located in the five boroughs of New York City, referral databases and resource guides created by the American Cancer Society (ACS), the New York Hospital Directory

Study groups in NCT00578162
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1Data about participating agencies will be collected by electronic survey. Agencies will be identified using the NYSDOH's existing mailing list of care facilities located in the five boroughs of New York City, referral databases and resource guides created by the American Cancer Society (ACS), the New York Hospital Directory.
Receives: Behavioral: we will screen potential agencies using our CALL SCRIPT and our AGENCY SCREENER

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. To determine agencies' need for assistance to enhance services for survivors.

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Dec 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2005
  3. Primary completionApr 2009
  4. Study completionApr 2009

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Prospective
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00578162
Sponsor's protocol ID
05-048
Status last verified
Jan 2012
First submitted
19 Dec 2007
Last updated
9 Jan 2012
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of All Cancers, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Jan 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To determine agencies' need for assistance to enhance services for survivors. (time frame: 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Jan 2012.

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