Can new outreach methods boost minority enrollment in cancer trials?
NCT ID NCT05886764
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at different ways to reach out to African American patients and their doctors to see if it helps more of them join early phase cancer treatment trials. About 134 people will take part. The goal is to find better methods to make cancer research more inclusive.
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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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134 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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 for Patient Subjects: * Aged 18 years or older * Self-described African American race (patients who self-describe as "more than one race" will be included) * Scheduled for new or consult oncology appointment at the study site * Scheduled for return outpatient oncology appointment at the study site with a biopsy or radiology encounter within 2 weeks prior to provider visit. * for prostate cancer patients: 2 or more increasing prostate specific antigen (PSA) values i the 6 months prior to visit * other patient identified by research team as potentially having a change in treatment prior to next outpatient oncology appointment at the study site Inclusion Criteria for Provider Subjects: * oncology provider at study site scheduled to see patients meeting criteria above Exclusion Criteria for Patient Subjects: * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 30 ml/min/1.73m2 documented within last 2 months and without documented resolutions * Bilirubin greater than 3.0 ng/dl documented within last 2 months and without documented resolution * Initiated new anti-cancer therapy within last 2 months * Evaluated for possible enrollment/randomization in the last 2 months * Prior enrollment/randomization on this recruitment trial
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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 Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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