Peer ambassadors may boost clinical trial enrollment in gynecologic cancer
NCT ID NCT06711380
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a peer ambassador program could help more gynecologic cancer patients learn about and join clinical trials. Twenty-three patients with advanced or recurrent gynecologic cancer were paired with a mentor who had personal experience with cancer and clinical trials. The goal was to see if this approach was feasible and acceptable to patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Peer ambassador program (patient mentor with gynecologic cancer history)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could provide a model to improve clinical trial enrollment among gynecologic cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed feasibility study with only 23 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It measures feasibility and acceptability, not direct health outcomes.
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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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23 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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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Female participants only
- 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.
Mentee Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible subjects will include those with advanced gynecologic cancer (metastatic or persistent/progressive disease despite primary treatment) or high-risk gynecologic cancer undergoing active systemic therapy not currently enrolled on clinical trials. These patients include those starting a new line of chemotherapy, or who have a diagnosis needing chemotherapy. * Patients will be identified from the UPHS gynecologic oncology and medical oncology clinics serving gynecologic cancer patients (Penn Medicine Washington Square, PCAM/HUP, Radnor, Chester County, Penn Medicine Cherry Hill). Clinic rosters over 6 months intervals will be screened for eligibility. * Patients who have been discussed at tumor board conferences and recommended to consider clinical trials will screened for recruitment. Exclusion Criteria: * N/A
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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