Improving Survivorship Care Understanding in African American Men with Localized or Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer Using a Tailored Care Plan

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating how a tailored survivorship care plan SCP affects understanding and access to survivorship care in Black or African American men with localized or oligometastatic prostate cancer. This study compares a standard SCP, based on American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines, with a tailored SCP that includes a low literacy educational supplement. The goal is to address health literacy barriers that may impact patients ability to understand treatment options, side effects, and long-term health management. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group receives the standard SCP during a provider visit and the tailored SCP with the low literacy supplement during a structured 30-60 minute interview. The other group receives only the standard SCP during a provider visit followed by a structured interview of similar duration. Both groups complete questionnaires and interviews to assess their understanding and use of survivorship care. During the study, participants comprehension of survivorship care recommendations, prostate-specific antigen surveillance, and treatment side effects will be measured at baseline and during a follow-up phone call up to 3 months later. The study also evaluates access to survivorship care, decision regret, decisional conflict, preparedness for survivorship, and patient self-efficacy. The total study duration includes initial visits and follow-up assessments, with safety monitoring and no blinding involved.

Addressing Health Literacy With a Tailored Survivorship Care Plan