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Feasibility of Patient-Centered Home Care (PCHC) to Reduce Disparities in High-Risk Black Men (BM) With Advanced Prostate Cancer (CaP)

Description

This study evaluates the possibility of patient-centered home care as a new model of cancer care to reduce disparities and improve health related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes in Black patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study evaluates the possibility of patient-centered home care as a new model of cancer care to reduce disparities and improve health related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes in Black patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Feasibility of Patient-Centered Home Care (PCHC) to Reduce Disparities in High-Risk Black Men (BM) With Advanced Prostate Cancer (CaP)

Feasibility of Patient-Centered Home Care (PCHC) to Reduce Disparities in High-Risk Black Men (BM) With Advanced Prostate Cancer (CaP)

Condition
Advanced Prostate Adenocarcinoma
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Jacksonville

Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224-9980

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * GROUP 1 FOCUS GROUPS:
  • * Individuals identifying as Black and male who are familiar with the landscape of medical care and cancer
  • * Are 18 years of age or older
  • * Have histologic evidence of prostate adenocarcinoma
  • * Are requiring prostate cancer therapy
  • * Have an understanding of the protocol and its requirements
  • * Are willing to fill in a questionnaire and participate in a focused interview
  • * Are able and willing to sign an informed consent
  • * Enrollment in the survey phase of the protocol
  • * Are 18 years of age or older
  • * Have histologic evidence of prostate adenocarcinoma
  • * Are requiring active standard hormone-based therapies (degarelix or leuprolide), antibone resorptive agents (zoledronic acid or denosumab), oral anticancer treatments (abiraterone or second-generation androgen receptor blockers) or intravenous chemotherapy (docetaxel)
  • * Are receiving part of supportive care/symptom management and/or anti-cancer therapy in the home as part of advanced care at home program (ACH)
  • * Have an understanding of the protocol and its requirements
  • * Are able and willing to sign an informed consent
  • * GROUP 1 FOCUS GROUPS:
  • * Individuals who do not identify as Black or male or who have had no extensive interaction with the healthcare system
  • * Do not identify as Black men
  • * Have not been diagnosed with advanced/metastatic CaP
  • * Are not requiring active standard anti-cancer therapy
  • * Not enrolled in the survey phase of the protocol
  • * Do not identify as Black men
  • * Have not been diagnosed with advanced/metastatic CaP
  • * Are not requiring active standard anti-cancer therapy

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Mayo Clinic,

Roxana S. Dronca, M.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Mayo Clinic

Study Record Dates

2026-07-30