RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06405828

Enhancing Access to Supportive Services for Women of Color With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Project ACCESS: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Navigator Delivered Model to Enhance Access to Supportive Services for Women of Color With Metastatic Breast Cancer


Sponsor

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Enrollment

67 participants

Start Date

May 1, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Black and Latina women experience disparities in supportive and palliative care access and outcomes. The goal of the proposed pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a community navigator delivered supportive care intervention for historically underserved populations of women with metastatic breast cancer.


Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This trial is testing a program to help Latina and Black women living with Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer access supportive services — such as mental health care, financial assistance, transportation, and other social support — through a community health navigator. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a woman 18 or older - You self-identify as Latina and/or African American/Black - You have a diagnosis of Stage IV breast cancer (metastatic, diagnosed at any time) - You speak English and/or Spanish **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have moderate to severe cognitive impairment - You are currently receiving inpatient hospice care - You were previously enrolled in an earlier phase of this same study (Aims 1 or 2) - You are already working with a community health navigator Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALACCESS Supportive Care

ACCESS Supportive Care includes: 1. Coaching sessions: 6 one-hour weekly Community Navigator led supportive and early palliative care health coaching sessions. Sessions will be hybrid (in-person or virtual) per participant preference. 2. Monthly check-in: Monthly check-ins (\~5-10 minutes) about their supportive care and social determinants of health needs over 16 weeks. 3. Scheduling of outpatient supportive oncology appointment if interested. 4. Community linkage: Warm hand offs and connection to community resources to enhance access to support groups, educational workshops, and healthy lifestyle services.

BEHAVIORALPhone sessions

6 weekly phone sessions, approximately 10 minutes in length each, to review breast cancer and supportive and palliative care resources in NYC and online. The 6 weekly phone sessions will include the topics discussed in the intervention arm but will be informational in nature. The phone sessions will be followed by monthly check-ins (\~5 minutes) to review and answer questions about the resources for the duration of 16 weeks.


Locations(1)

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, United States

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