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Family History Study on Cancer Risk

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Breast Cancer
Genetic Predisposition
Colorectal Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Lynch Syndrome
Family Characteristics
Registration Number
NCT04145388
Lead Sponsor
Kaiser Permanente
Brief Summary

This study aims to identify the optimal method to recognize, risk stratify, and provide follow-up care for individuals at risk of hereditary cancer. The study team will conduct a Hybrid Type II comparative effectiveness-implementation trial, with a mixed methods component and process/formative evaluations for stakeholder engagement. The study team will evaluate three methods for identifying and risk-stratifying individuals at risk of hereditary cancer and providing post-risk stratification longitudinal care.

Detailed Description

The study team proposes a randomized, Hybrid Type II comparative effectiveness-implementation trial, with a mixed methods component and process/formative evaluations for stakeholder engagement. The study team will evaluate three methods for identifying and risk-stratifying individuals at risk of hereditary cancer and providing post-risk stratification longitudinal care.

Hypothesis: The study hypothesis is that Comparator 3 will identify more people at high risk of hereditary cancers and result in more screening behaviors, greater resource use, increased distress, higher perceived risk of cancer and higher satisfaction.

Long term objective: At study end, the study will show: 1) each comparator's strengths and weaknesses, 2) patient preferences, clinical outcomes, and compliance with each step from history collection to screening test completion, 3) the resources needed for each strategy, and 4) the contextual factors that impact their sustainability, dissemination and implementation. Study findings have high potential for generalizability because: 1) The multidisciplinary stakeholder team will help to minimize barriers to dissemination and implementation of the investigator's findings in other research settings; 2) Study results are independent of study setting; 3) The tested methods of family history assessment can occur remotely via paper or electronic interfaces; 4) The care coordination method has successful precedent in other disciplines and can be delivered remotely; 5) A process and formative evaluation with a diverse stakeholder team will inform sustainability, dissemination, and implementation, and result in an implementation guide; 6) The results will be relevant for both family history-based and direct-genetic testing strategies for population screening for hereditary cancer; 7) The results will inform population screening for any disease with hereditary risk.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
18623
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patients with ≥2 years of prior membership, ≥1 clinical visit in prior two years, and a listed email are eligible
  • Patients must also have received healthcare services during the past 2 years at Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) sampling sites
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients outside the targeted geographic area
  • Patients who cannot speak or read English (given some survey instruments are validated only in English)
  • Kaiser Permanente Northern California members in the no-contact database for research studies

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of patients identified at high risk of cancer0 to 12 months

Number of patients identified at high risk of cancer (cancer syndromes)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

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Oakland, California, United States

Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States

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