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Evaluating the Implementation of a Comprehensive Multilevel Virtual Oncology Program Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung, Colorectal, Prostate, and Breast Cancers in the US Department of Veterans Affairs

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
All sexes
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

  • Procedures mentioned: Phone or video check-ins

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Patient records will be observed of Veterans with a new cancer diagnosis of the lung, prostate, breast, or colon and a telehealth visit utilizing the VA National TeleOncology Service (NTO)."
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 how well the VA National TeleOncology program works for Veterans with newly diagnosed lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer. This program provides cancer care through remote visits. The study looks at use of remote care, care quality, and health care costs across patient groups.

The objective of the pragmatic trial to test the effectiveness of an existing, ongoing clinical service, the VA National TeleOncology program (NTO), a multilevel telehealth population health management program. The primary aims are to study the intervention and determine its effectiveness on telehealth engagement, clinical quality, and healthcare cost outcomes across personal characteristics.

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

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Patients: Must be a Veteran age 18 or older.
  • Patients: Must have a new diagnosis of lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer within 3 months of a remote care visit.
  • Patients: Must have a cancer care visit at a VA medical center during the 36-month study review period.
  • Providers and staff: Must work at a participating VA medical center and care for Veterans. This includes doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses.
  • Providers and staff: Must have helped care for at least 5 Veterans with cancer at a VA medical center in the past 6 months.

Who can't join

  • Patients: Have not seen a VA provider in the past year.
  • Patients: Had a previous diagnosis of lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer.
  • Patients: Are pregnant.
  • Providers and staff: Do not help treat Veterans with the listed cancers in VA cancer care.

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

Official eligibility criteria

Patients Inclusion Criteria: 1. A Veteran 2. Aged 18 years or older 3. Newly diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer within 3 months of telemedicine visit 4. Engaged in an oncology visit during the 36-month analysis period at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) location. VAMC Providers and Staff Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provider or staff member at one of the VAMC locations including physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and nurses caring for Veterans 2. Providers or staff members having helped provide care for at least 5 Veterans with cancer in the previous 6 months at a VAMC location Patients Exclusion Criteria: 1. Veterans who have not seen any providers in the VA within the past year 2. Patients previously diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer 3. Pregnant patients VAMC Providers and Staff Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Providers or staff members who do not help treat Veterans with specified cancers in oncology at the VA

Study sites (5)

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