Status:
COMPLETED
Differences in Timely Cancer Diagnosis in African American and Caucasian Patients With Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Colorectal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Gathering information about timely diagnosis in African American and Caucasian patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer may help doctors learn more about factors that influence a dia...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Identify and examine the factors that influence appraisal and diagnostic delay by focusing on recognition, perception, communication, and response to pre-diagnosis cancer symptoms in Af...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- 21 years of age or older
- Cognitively able to participate in an interview
- Diagnosed with Colorectal cancer
- Patient at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, or Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- diagnosed within 6 months of the scheduled interview
- have no prior history of colon cancer or cancer of any other major organ system
- any stage of cancer
- Patient will have described their symptoms to their PCPs
- Patient will have acted as their own decision maker
- Must be African American or Caucasian
- Exclusion Criteria
- No disease discovered by previous routine screening or by other unintentional detection procedure (i.e., without symptom appraisal process or communicating specific symptoms to physicians)
- Not living in nursing or assisted living facilities
- Cognitive impairment
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
84 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00856115
Start Date
November 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2014
Last Update
July 16 2014
Active Locations (4)
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1
Lake/University Ireland Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44060
2
Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065
3
Southwest General Health Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44130
4
UH-Green Road
South Euclid, Ohio, United States, 44121