SISTER study: peer support may boost cancer treatment completion
NCT ID NCT04930159
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether group or one-on-one peer support helps Black patients with endometrial cancer complete their treatment and feel less isolated. About 252 participants will be randomly assigned to group support, one-on-one peer calls, or usual care. The main goal is to see if social support improves how much of the planned treatment they actually receive.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- social support (group or one-on-one peer support)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that structured social support helps Black patients complete their cancer treatment and feel less isolated.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage behavioral study. The support may not significantly improve treatment completion or social isolation, and results may not apply to other groups.
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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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252 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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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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.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult 18 years of age or older; and 2. Self-identify as Black/African American 3. Presenting with high-risk EC established by anatomic pathology as tumor stage and grade classification by the following: 1. Pathology documentation from any hospital/clinic/medical center, and 2. FIGO Stage 1A with Grade 2, Grade 3, or Grade 4 of any histology type or 3. FIGO Stage 1A with non-endometrioid (carcinosarcoma, serous, clear cell, undifferentiated or mixed) histology 4. FIGO Stage 1B, 2, 3, or 4 of any grade or histology 5. Recurrent endometrial cancer of any stage or grade 4. Documented provider recommendation and patient plan to initiate adjuvant therapy with chemotherapy, radiation, and/or immunotherapy. Exclusion Criteria: Participants must not have any of the following exclusion criteria: 1. Newly diagnosis of FIGO Stage IA Grade 1 endometrioid adenocarcinoma 2. Previous history of other cancer diagnosis requiring chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy within the past 12 months; 3. Incarcerated in a detention facility or in police custody (patients wearing a monitoring device can be enrolled) at baseline/screening; 4. Contraindication to all non-surgical therapy available for endometrial cancer (i.e., chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy contraindicated); 5. Enrollment into hospice prior to randomization 6. Unable to provide written informed consent in English; 7. Unable to be contacted for research surveys; 8. Recent hospitalization for psychiatric illness in the past 6 months
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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Louisiana State University - New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States
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MedStar Health Research Institute
Columbia, Maryland, 21044, United States
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The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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University of Miami
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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