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eHealth Delivery Alternative for Cancer Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorAbramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Started2022-09-28
Est. completion2025-12-24
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

This randomized non-inferiority study will use a 2x2 design where traditional standard-of-care pre-test (visit 1) and post-test (visit 2: disclosure) counseling delivered by a genetic counselor are replaced with a self-directed web-based eHealth intervention to provide critical data to inform optimal ways to deliver clinical genetic testing in eligible individuals, while maintaining quality of care and favorable cognitive, affective and behavioral outcomes.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Speak and understand English
* Male or Female
* No prior germline genetic testing
* Meet current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for germline genetic testing

Exclusion Criteria:

-Communication difficulties such as:

* Uncorrected or uncompensated hearing and/or vision impairment
* Uncorrected or uncompensated speech defects
* Uncontrolled psychiatric/mental condition or severe physical, neurological or cognitive deficits rendering individual unable to understand study goals and tasks

Conditions1

Cancer

Locations1 site

Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Angela Bradbury, MD

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