Back to Search
Start Over
Outcomes of a Cancer Clinical Trial Matching Service.
- Source :
- Journal of Cancer Education; Mar2012, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p11-20, 10p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
-
Abstract
- The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups (CCCG) provide a clinical trial (CT) information/matching/eligibility service (Clinical Trials Matching Service [CTMS]). Patients' demographic and clinical data, enrollment status, and self-reported barriers to CT participation were analyzed to assess enrollment rates and determinants of enrollment. During 3 years beginning October 1, 2007, the CTMS served 6,903 patients via the ACS call center. Among the 1,987 patients with follow-up information on enrollment, 219 (11.0%) enrolled in a CT; 48 of these 219 enrollees chose a CT they found via the CTMS. Patients were less likely to enroll if they had poor ECOG performance status ( P = 0.032); were African American ( P = 0.0003), were uninsured or had Medicaid coverage ( P = 0.024), or had lower stage disease ( P = 0.018). Enrollment varied by trial type/cancer site/system ( P = .026). Several barriers significantly predicted nonenrollment. Broader availability of a CTMS might help improve patient participation in cancer clinical trials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08858195
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Cancer Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71749718
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-011-0296-x