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Purpose

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

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

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

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Arm I (ALEX Research Portal, vCHE) 		Participants receive information about available cancer clinical trials via the ALEX Research Portal and vCHE over 20-30 minutes on study.
  • Other: Questionnaire Administration
    Ancillary studies
  • Other: Virtual Technology Intervention
    Receive information via ALEX Research Portal and vCHE
    Other names:
    • Virtual Reality Intervention
    • Virtual Technology
Active Comparator
Arm II (online text) 		Participants receive information about available cancer clinical trials via online text on study.
  • Other: Internet-Based Intervention
    Receive information via online text
  • Other: Questionnaire Administration
    Ancillary studies

Recruiting Locations

Mayo Clinic in Florida
Jacksonville 4160021, Florida 4155751 32224-9980
Contact:
ETCH Lab
904-953-5375
ETCH@mayo.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Mayo Clinic

Study Contact

Enhancing Technology & Communication in Healthcare (ETCH) Lab
904-953-5375
ETCH@mayo.edu

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