Evaluating the Implementation of a Comprehensive Multilevel Virtual Oncology Program Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung, Colorectal, Prostate, and Breast Cancers in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
Recruiting · NCT06559059 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: NYU Langone Health
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
National TeleOncology
What this trial is about
The objective of the pragmatic trial to test the effectiveness of an existing, ongoing clinical service, the VA National TeleOncology program (NTO), a multilevel telehealth population health management program. The primary aims are to study the intervention and determine its effectiveness on telehealth engagement, clinical quality, and healthcare cost outcomes across personal characteristics.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- A Veteran
- Aged 18 years or older
- Newly diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer within 3 months of telemedicine visit
- Engaged in an oncology visit during the 36-month analysis period at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) location.
- VAMC Providers and Staff Inclusion Criteria:
- Provider or staff member at one of the VAMC locations including physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and nurses caring for Veterans
- Providers or staff members having helped provide care for at least 5 Veterans with cancer in the previous 6 months at a VAMC location
- Patients
Exclusion criteria
- Veterans who have not seen any providers in the VA within the past year
- Patients previously diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer
- Pregnant patients
- VAMC Providers and Staff Exclusion Criteria:
- \. Providers or staff members who do not help treat Veterans with specified cancers in oncology at the VA
Where it is running
5 locations listed across 1 US state.
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Brooklyn - Brooklyn, New York, United States
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - St. Albans Community Living Center - Jamaica, New York, United States
- VA New York Harbor Health Care System - Manhattan - New York, New York, United States
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Harlem Community Center - New York, New York, United States
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Staten Island Community Clinic - Staten Island, New York, United States