Rural cancer survivors may get better Follow-Up care in new study
NCT ID NCT07528963
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests new ways to help rural primary care clinics provide better follow-up care for cancer survivors. Researchers will give clinics telementoring, quality improvement coaching, and an obesity management toolkit. The goal is to see if these tools help clinics follow national guidelines for cancer survivorship care, such as screening for distress and monitoring for cancer recurrence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telementoring, practice facilitation, and obesity management toolkit
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show practical ways for rural primary care clinics to better follow cancer survivorship guidelines, potentially improving long-term health for cancer survivors.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (16 clinics) testing implementation strategies, not a treatment. Results may not apply to other regions or larger populations, and the impact on patient health outcomes is not directly measured.
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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 16 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Rural primary care practice (PCP) located within rural urban continuum codes (RUCC) 4-9 in Kansas 2. PCPs must have multiple providers 3. PCPs must have at least on medical assistant 4. PCPs must have an employed medical scribe or be willing to consider employing a medical scribe using study compensation and practice revenue 5. Cancer survivor data is eligible for extraction if the patient is a breast, prostate, lung, and/or colorectal cancer survivor and considered to have a "reasonable likelihood" of 24-month survival by a practice provider. Exclusion criteria: 1. PCPs not located within RUCC 4-9 in Kansas 2. PCPs without multiple providers 3. PCPs without a medical assistant 4. PCPs without a medical scribe or unwilling to consider employing one 5. Cancer survivorship data is ineligible for extraction is the patient is \<18 years of age or \>75 years of age, is currently receiving hospice services, or has a history of cancer other than breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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