NYC Cancer Outreach Network in Neighborhoods for Equity and Community Translation

What this study involves

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Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Age range

21 years - 75 years

Sex eligible

All sexes

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

Participants

718 Actual

These are starting points, not an eligibility decision. The research team must review the full requirements.

About the research

NYC CONNECT will carry out a randomized controlled trial (RCT) which will assess the relative effectiveness of two evidence-based strategies to increase cancer screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. The RCT will compare the effectiveness of using a combination of 1) culturally and linguistically tailored cancer education materials and 2) community health workers (CHWs) to provide navigation services for cancer screening (the "patient navigation" \[PN\] arm) versus providing culturally and linguistically tailored cancer education only (the "less intensive" \[LI\] arm). The study population will include individuals who are due for breast, cervical, or colorectal cancer screening. All individuals recruited to the study will be provided navigation for unmet social determinants of health (SDH) needs.

Who may be able to participate?

The list below is the sponsor’s full registry wording. It can include conditions, prior treatment, test results and other requirements. A match in search does not mean you qualify.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women between the ages of 21 and 75 years;
• Men between the ages of 45 and 75 years;
• Women (40-74 years) who have not had a mammogram in the past 12 months, a Pap smear in the last 3 years (21-64 years old) or HPV test in the last 5 years (30-64 years old), or women 45-75 years old who are not up-to-date on colorectal cancer screening (Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)/Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) past year, computerized tomography (CT) colonography or sigmoidoscopy past 5 years, or colonoscopy past 10 years);
• Men not up-to-date on colorectal cancer screening (FOBT/FIT past year, computerized tomography (CT) colonography or sigmoidoscopy past 5 years, or colonoscopy past 10 years);
• Must speak either English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole, French, or Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese);
• Lives in East Flatbush (zip codes: 11236, 11203, 11212, 11226); Sunset Park (zip codes: 11215, 11220, 11232); Highbridge (zip code 10452, 10455, 10451); or Morrisania (zip codes: 10456, 10459)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous or current diagnosis of any cancer;
• Pregnancy (breast and cervical cancer only);
• Current participation in an existing cancer navigation program;
• Currently in hospice care;
• At least 66 years of age with advanced illness or frailty or who live in long-term institution for more than 90 days;
• Bilateral mastectomy or right and left unilateral mastectomy (breast cancer only);
• Hysterectomy with no residual cervix (cervical cancer only);
• Total colectomy (colorectal cancer only).

Treatment, groups and participation

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Assignment

Random assignment

Masking

No masking

What researchers are measuring

Outcome measures describe what is being studied. They are not proof that a treatment works.

Primary measures

Research locations (2)

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2 locations

Study team and timeline

Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health

Study start

Jul 5, 2023 Actual

Primary completion

Mar 27, 2026 Actual

Study completion

Mar 27, 2026 Actual

First posted

Feb 23, 2023 Actual

Last updated

Nov 10, 2026 Actual

Official study contacts

No central contact is listed. Check the locations and the official record.