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A Patient Navigation Program for Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer Care: An Approach to Health Equity

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 and older
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Not 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 a patient navigation program for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer who face barriers to care. The program helps patients learn about services, get support, and manage cancer treatment. Researchers want to see if it improves fair access to care, social needs, and quality of life.

This clinical trial evaluates a patient navigation program for addressing disparities in breast cancer care. The navigation program is designed to help improve patient knowledge about clinical and supportive care services, navigate to existing services, help manage barriers to care, and enhance patient skills related to management of cancer treatment. Offering a patient navigation program may increase health equity and improve social needs and quality of life over time for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • You are 18 or older.
  • You have a confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer or DCIS, cancer cells that stay inside the breast’s milk ducts.
  • You currently identify as a woman or female.
  • You were assigned female sex at birth.
  • A social needs screening shows you have at least one barrier to getting care.
  • You understand that this is a research study and agree out loud to join before receiving any study services.

Who can't join

  • You do not have suspected or diagnosed breast cancer or DCIS.
  • You have had any cancer diagnosis before.
  • You were assigned male sex or intersex at birth. Intersex means being born with sex traits that do not fit typical male or female patterns.
  • You are unwilling or unable to follow the study’s rules.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years of age * Have a confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer or Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) * Currently identify their gender as woman or female * Was assigned female sex at birth (AFAB) \- Participant is experiencing ≥1 barrier to care as determined by the social needs screening tool * Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and verbally consent to participate prior to receiving any study related intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who are not suspected of or diagnosed with breast cancer or Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) * Participants who have had a previous diagnosis of any cancer * Participants who were assigned male sex or intersex at birth * Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements

Study sites (1)

NY