Education and Training

Overcoming Obstacles to Clinical Trials Enrollment Through a Navigator Program

Pilot study for assessing the effectiveness of a Navigator program to aid in clinical trial participation amongst the Chinese demographic

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • behavioral: Navigator Support

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

Cancer patients for Focus Group must meet the following criterion:

   - diagnosis of any gynecologic or breast cancer and be pursuing treatment here at
   Stanford within the last 2 years

   - must read and speak Chinese

   - willing and able to participant in group discussions

Cancer patients to receive Navigator Support must meet the following criterion:

   - Newly diagnosed with gynecologic or breast cancer -pursuing treatment at Stanford
   Cancer Center

   - must read and speak Chinese

   - willing and able to have an individual relationship with a Navigator

Health Professional must meet the following criterion:

-must currently work in the Stanford gynecologic Oncology Clinic

Navigators must meet the following criterion:

   - Chinese and English speaking

   - willing and able to participate in training and to serve as a Navigator

   - preferably a Cancer survivor

Exclusion Criteria:

Cancer patients must have a GOG performance status of 0-2 (see attached document for
further details). Focus Group participate MAY be able to be participating in another study
but patients who are already participating in a clinical trial will not be assigned a
Navigator.

No Exclusionary criterion for Health Professionals or Navigators.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Mei-Chin Kuo
6507361977
Not Recruiting