AVI Didactic Experience for Latinx Patient Treatment Adherence and Non-English Speaker Trial Enrollment Study in Rad Onc

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorColumbia University

About this trial

The study aims to develop educational media interventions to prepare Latinx Spanish-speaking radiation oncology patients for a course of breast or prostate cancer radiation therapy and to foster receptivity and informed decision-making around cancer clinical trial participation.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Spanish speakers of Latinx background as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone from Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American ancestry

Currently undergoing treatment for breast or prostate cancer, or recently been treated

Disqualifiers

Patient with bilateral deafness and/or blindness

Patient with psychosis and/or dementia

Spanish speakers of Latinx background as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone from Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American ancestry

Patients with non-metastatic prostate or breast cancer

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Audiovisual Intervention- Radiation Therapy Education
  • ASTRO Radiation Therapy for Breast or Prostate Cancer Brochure
  • Audiovisual Intervention- Cancer Clinical Trials Education
  • NCI Taking Part in Cancer Research Studies Brochure

Treatment groups

194 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Columbia University

Lead sponsor

Varian Medical Systems

Collaborator