Rural cancer care boost: virtual training aims to close Follow-Up gaps
NCT ID NCT04763824
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a program called KanSurvive, which uses virtual education sessions and practice support to help rural primary care clinics improve follow-up care for cancer survivors. Researchers worked with 15 rural practices to see if they could better follow guidelines for monitoring tumor recurrence, distress, and other health factors. The goal was to learn what helps and hinders delivering high-quality survivorship care in rural areas.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- KanSurvive ECHO and Practice Facilitation (virtual education sessions and quality improvement support)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this model could help rural clinics provide better, guideline-based follow-up care for cancer survivors, potentially improving their long-term health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 15 practices. It tests a process, not a treatment, so it won't directly cure or control cancer. Results may not apply to all rural settings.
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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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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- 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 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. Primary care practice (PCP) caring for rural cancer survivors 2. Willing to participate in four ECHO sessions 3. Capable and willing to complete pre- and post- data collection under a data use agreement 4. 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 unwilling to engage in project activities 2. PCPs with no rural-dwelling patients on their patient panel 3. Cancer survivor data is ineligible for extraction if 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
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kansas Cancer Center
Westwood, Kansas, 66206, United States
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