A Multilevel Approach to Connecting Underrepresented Populations to Clinical Trials
Precision Clinical Trial Recruitment to Promote Cancer Health Equity Across Florida
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years to 100 Years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests the ALEX Research Portal, a tool that helps people connect with cancer clinical trials. It is for Black and Hispanic adults with cancer and their family members.
The purpose of this study is to pilot test and evaluate an existing tailored ALEX (Agent Leveraging Empathy for eXams) Research Portal to navigate Black and Hispanic adult cancer patients and their family members through referral to cancer clinical trials.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Be 18 to 100 years old.
- Be able to read English or Spanish at an eighth-grade level or higher.
- Be from a racial or ethnic group that has had fewer people in cancer trials, such as Black or Hispanic people.
- Have an email account or be able to receive text messages.
- Be willing to be contacted again.
- Live in Florida.
Who can't join
- Cannot read English or Spanish at an eighth-grade level or higher.
- Have no email account and cannot receive text messages.
- Do not want to be contacted again.
- Do not live in Florida.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * An adult 18 to 100 years of age, * Able to read English or Spanish at least an eighth-grade level, * From a racial/ethnic background historically underrepresented in cancer clinical trials (e.g. Blacks or African Americans and/or Hispanics or Latinos), * Have an email account or the ability to receive texts, * Willingness to be re-contacted, * Be a resident of the state of Florida. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read English or Spanish at least at eighth-grade level * Does not have an email account or the ability to receive texts * Unwilling to be re-contacted * Non resident of the state of Florida.
Study sites (3)
FL
- University of Florida · Gainesville, FL 32611Benjamin Lok, PhD · Study contact · 352-214-9829 · LOK@CISE.UFL.EDUBenjamin Lok, PhD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Gainesville
- Mayo Clinic in Florida · Jacksonville, FL 32224Clinical Trials Referral Office · Study contact · 855-776-0015 · mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.eduETCH Lab · Study contact · 904-953-5375 · ETCH@mayo.eduJanice Krieger, PhD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Jacksonville
- University of Miami · Miami, FL 33136Olveen Carrasquillo, MD · Study contact · 305-243-9765 · OCarrasquillo@med.miami.eduOlveen Carrasquillo, MD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Miami