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

Summary

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

Pilot Phase Inclusion Criteria:

1. 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
2. Currently undergoing treatment for breast or prostate cancer, or recently been treated

Pilot Phase Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient with bilateral deafness and/or blindness
2. Patient with psychosis and/or dementia

Main Study Inclusion Criteria:

1. 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
2. Patients with non-metastatic prostate or breast cancer
3. Histopathologically proven diagnosis of prostate or breast cancer
4. History and physical examination within 28 days prior to enrollment
5. Karnofsky performance status 70 or greater
6. For women of childbearing potential, pregnancy testing to be performed in accordance to institutional guidelines
7. Plan to receive definitive, curative radiation. Patients planning to receive curative RT after upcoming adjuvant chemotherapy or induction hormonal therapy may enroll at reconsult "follow-up" visit.
8. Consultation visit must be performed with a certified interpreter

Main Study Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient with bilateral deafness and/or blindness
2. Patient with psychosis and/or dementia
3. Clinical or radiological evidence of metastatic disease
4. Prior participation in cancer patient education trial
5. Prior RT
6. RT for sites other than breast or prostate

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Locations2 sites

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