Digital assistant aims to close gaps in hereditary cancer care
NCT ID NCT06914726
First seen Jul 10, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026
Summary
This trial tests a digital tool that helps doctors and patients manage cancer risks linked to hereditary syndromes like BRCA-related breast/ovarian cancer and Lynch syndrome. The tool provides personalized recommendations during primary care visits. Researchers compare care gaps, shared decision-making, and patient confidence between those using the tool and those receiving usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Patient-centered clinical decision support (PC-CDS) tool
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this tool could help people with hereditary cancer syndromes get the right preventive care and make informed decisions about their health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention study, not a drug trial. The tool may not change care patterns or improve outcomes as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 2,488 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: The patient must meet all the following inclusion criteria on date of the Index Visit: 1. Aged 18 years or more at index clinical encounter, 2. Existing genetic testing or problem list evidence of HBOC or LS, 3. Index clinical encounter is with a PCC (family practice, general internal medicine, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant) at a randomized primary care clinic during the accrual period, 4. At the time of the index clinical encounter have EITHER (i) Evidence of having HBOC and not up-to- date on selected variant-specific cancer prevention care OR (ii) Evidence of having LS and not up-to-date on selected variant gene-specific cancer prevention care Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of dementia, OR 2. Currently receiving active treatment for cancer, OR 3. In long-term care, palliative care, or hospice care.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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HealthPartners Medical Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55440, United States
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