Improving rural cancer outcomes

Not Applicable

• Conditions: cancer; Cancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon); Cancer - Breast; Cancer - Prostate

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000872033
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Western Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-10-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 864

Inclusion Criteria

eligible and consenting patients living in selected rural areas with newly diagnosed
cancers of the prostate, breast, colorectum or lung

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The initial development phase will measure the different components of delay to treatment that could impact on poorer outcomes in rural cancer patients and gather knowledge of patient decision-making about symptom appraisal and the type and location of treatment of their cancer.[In the development phase of the study]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Delay times in rural patients newly presenting with cancer using surveys and questionnaires[In the intervention phase of the study];Clinical endpoints (including stage at diagnosis, optimal Initial treatment, inactive disease after initial treatment, time to recurrence and time to death) using information from medical records[In the intervention phase of the study];Patient confidence in providers and satisfaction with care using questionnaires and interviews.[In the intervention phase of the study]