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A Culturally Informed Patient Navigation Program (CFPN) to Reduce Delays Between Diagnosis and Treatment in American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Patients Living in Rural California
Led by University of Southern California · Updated on 2026-05-11
71
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
134 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Southern California
Lead Sponsor
N
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This clinical trial develops and tests whether a culturally informed patient navigation program, Community-Focused Patient Navigation (CFPN), works to reduce delays between diagnosis and treatment in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) cancer patients living in rural California. AIAN communities face some of the most severe cancer disparities in the United States, including higher death rates, later-stage diagnoses, and limited access to timely, culturally responsive care. This may be due to barriers such as rural isolation, divided referral systems, or a lack of trust in mainstream healthcare systems. Patient navigation is a care delivery model designed to guide a patient through the healthcare system and address the barriers that prevent patients from accessing timely and effective care. The CFPN program is culturally tailored and designed with AIAN communities in mind. The program provides the patient with a treatment plan based on the patient's unique needs, goals, and barriers. This may be an effective way to reduce delays between diagnosis and treatment in AIAN cancer patients living in rural California.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Culturally Informed Patient Navigation Program (CFPN) to Reduce Delays Between Diagnosis and Treatment in American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer Patients Living in Rural California
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- For Community Advisory Board (CAB): Self-identify as American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) or have experience working with the AIAN community
- For CAB: Be 18 years or older
- For CAB: Live within Toiyabe Indian Health Program (TIHP) catchment area
- For CAB: Be a cancer patient, survivor, caregiver, family member of someone affected by cancer, or a Board member (e.g., Tribal Health Board or Elders Board)
- For Focus Group: Self-identify as AIAN or be a family member of an AIAN individual affected by cancer
- For Focus Group: Be 18 years or older
- For Focus Group: Live within TIHP catchment area
- For Focus Group: Be a cancer patient, survivor, caregiver, family member of someone affected by cancer, or a Board member
- For Key Informant Interview (KII): Be a TIHP healthcare staff member
- For KII: Be 18 years or older
- For KII: Work with AIAN cancer patients in TIHP catchment area
- For CFPN Program Implementation: Have any type of cancer at any treatment stage
- For CFPN Program Implementation: Self-identify as AIAN or be a TIHP patient
- For CFPN Program Implementation: Live in the TIHP service area
- For CFPN Program Implementation: Receive cancer-related services from TIHP
You will not qualify if you...
- For Focus Group: Individuals without experience with cancer as a patient or knowing someone who is/was a cancer patient at TIHP
- For CFPN Program Implementation: Not a TIHP patient
- For CFPN Program Implementation: Do not currently have cancer and have not previously had cancer
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Toiyabe Indian Health Project
Bishop, California, United States, 93514
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2
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
4
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