Brief Summary
This phase III trial evaluates whether a web-based intervention called Current Together after Cancer (CTAC) works to increase the number of patients with surgically removed (resected) colorectal cancer who receive surveillance care that aligns with current guidelines (guideline-concordant). Surveillance care after resection of colorectal cancer is critical to detect potentially curable return of disease (recurrence), yet up to 60% of colorectal cancer survivors fail to receive surveillance. This may be due to a lack of knowledge about the purpose of surveillance care and the risks of cancer recurrence, or a lack of confidence for managing surveillance care. The CTAC intervention is an online education intervention designed to improve patients' knowledge about surveillance and their self-efficacy for managing surveillance, and to promote effective communication with supporters and supporter engagement in patients' surveillance in a way that is aligned with each patient's preferences. By increasing a patient's knowledge, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with their supporter's engagement in their care, the CTAC intervention may increase the number of patients who receive guideline-concordant surveillance care after resection of colorectal cancer.
Brief Title
Evaluating Whether an Educational Website Called Current Together After Cancer (CTAC) Improves Follow-up Care for Colorectal Cancer Survivors
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate whether the patients randomized to the Current Together After Cancer (CTAC) intervention website compared to the CTAC control website have higher rates of guideline-concordant colorectal cancer (CRC) surveillance at 12 months after registration.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess patient reported knowledge about surveillance at 3 and 16 months post-patient registration. (Comparing CTAC intervention versus \[vs.\] control) II. To assess patient reported self-efficacy in management of surveillance 3 and 16 months post-patient registration using previously developed CRC screening self-efficacy measure. (Comparing CTAC intervention vs. control) III. To assess patient reported satisfaction with supporter engagement in surveillance 3 and 16 months post-patient registration. (Comparing CTAC intervention vs. control)
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the implementation of CTAC into clinic workflow, and to better understand barriers and facilitators to the delivery of the intervention arm using a mixed-methods approach. (For the process evaluation of the CTAC intervention) II. To explore the association between supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months with receipt of CRC surveillance at 16 months. (Regarding supporter participation) III. To explore the association between supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months with knowledge about surveillance; at 16 months. (Regarding supporter participation) IV. To explore the association of supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months with self-efficacy in management of surveillance at 16 months. (Regarding supporter participation) V. To explore the association of supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months. (Regarding supporter participation)
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups and supporter participants are assigned to the arm to which their patient was randomized.
GROUP 1: Patients and supporter participants receive access to the CTAC intervention website and may review the content as frequently as they like for up to 16 months on study.
GROUP 2: Patients and supporter participants receive access to a general health education website and may review the content as frequently as they like for up to 16 months on study.
I. To evaluate whether the patients randomized to the Current Together After Cancer (CTAC) intervention website compared to the CTAC control website have higher rates of guideline-concordant colorectal cancer (CRC) surveillance at 12 months after registration.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess patient reported knowledge about surveillance at 3 and 16 months post-patient registration. (Comparing CTAC intervention versus \[vs.\] control) II. To assess patient reported self-efficacy in management of surveillance 3 and 16 months post-patient registration using previously developed CRC screening self-efficacy measure. (Comparing CTAC intervention vs. control) III. To assess patient reported satisfaction with supporter engagement in surveillance 3 and 16 months post-patient registration. (Comparing CTAC intervention vs. control)
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the implementation of CTAC into clinic workflow, and to better understand barriers and facilitators to the delivery of the intervention arm using a mixed-methods approach. (For the process evaluation of the CTAC intervention) II. To explore the association between supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months with receipt of CRC surveillance at 16 months. (Regarding supporter participation) III. To explore the association between supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months with knowledge about surveillance; at 16 months. (Regarding supporter participation) IV. To explore the association of supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months with self-efficacy in management of surveillance at 16 months. (Regarding supporter participation) V. To explore the association of supporter participation in the assigned CTAC intervention at 3 months. (Regarding supporter participation)
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups and supporter participants are assigned to the arm to which their patient was randomized.
GROUP 1: Patients and supporter participants receive access to the CTAC intervention website and may review the content as frequently as they like for up to 16 months on study.
GROUP 2: Patients and supporter participants receive access to a general health education website and may review the content as frequently as they like for up to 16 months on study.
Completion Date
Completion Date Type
Estimated
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer Stage II
Colorectal Cancer Stage III
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* PATIENTS:
* Patient participants must have newly diagnosed surgically resected, stage II or stage III colorectal cancer per the timing described below
* Patient participants must have an adult in their life who supports them in their colorectal cancer journey who they might be willing to invite to join them in viewing an educational website. This is determined via the question: "Do you have an adult in your life, such as a spouse/partner, family member or friend, who supports you with your colorectal cancer journey and may be willing to view a website with you? When we say, "supports you in your colorectal cancer journey", we mean things like, helping you keep and get to medical appointments, talking with you and/or your doctors about your cancer, or helping you make decisions about your cancer."
* Those who respond "no" to the question above will be told that "Because this study is for patients and a supporter to view the website together, you are not eligible for this study, but there may be other studies you are eligible for in the future".
* NOTE: The above question will be used to define "supporter" for purposes of this study. Examples of supporters include a spouse, partner, sibling, adult child, another family member, or friend.
* NOTE: The supporter does not have to agree to participate in the study in order for the patient to be eligible for this study. Justification for requiring the enrolled patient to have a supporter (whether the supporter is invited or participates) is based on the study's underlying conceptual framework
* Patient participants must not have recurrent or metastatic (stage IV) colorectal cancer
* Patient participants must not have a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment (in the opinion of the treating physician) has the potential to interfere with the efficacy assessment of this intervention
* Patient participants must be registered within 90 - 180 days of surgical resection
* Patient participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization. The lower cutoff of 18 was determined because the lower age range of patients that may be recruited to Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) studies is 18
* Patient participants must have Zubrod performance status of 0-2
* Patient participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the website for the intervention and control arm are available in English and Spanish
* Patient participants must: 1) be able to complete Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) questionnaires in English or Spanish, and 2) agree to complete PROs at all scheduled timepoints
* Patient participants will be encouraged to provide an email address or cell phone number, if possible, for the purpose of being contacted by staff at the University of Michigan who will provide access to the educational website. For those who do not wish to provide or create an email address or a cell phone number, they may still participate with alternate methods
* Patient participants must not be enrolled or be planning to enroll in a clinical trial of investigational treatment that includes imaging and/or laboratory monitoring for the duration of this trial
* NOTE: Patient participants are allowed to be co-enrolled on other non-treatment clinical trials
* SUPPORTER PARTICIPANT:
* Supporter participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization
* Supporter participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the educational website is available in English and Spanish
* Supporter participants must have been identified by the patient as a person who may be willing to join them in reviewing the educational website
* PATIENT AND SUPPORTER:
* NOTE: As a part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
* Patient and supporter participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. This protocol does not permit use of Legally Authorized Representative
* PATIENTS:
* Patient participants must have newly diagnosed surgically resected, stage II or stage III colorectal cancer per the timing described below
* Patient participants must have an adult in their life who supports them in their colorectal cancer journey who they might be willing to invite to join them in viewing an educational website. This is determined via the question: "Do you have an adult in your life, such as a spouse/partner, family member or friend, who supports you with your colorectal cancer journey and may be willing to view a website with you? When we say, "supports you in your colorectal cancer journey", we mean things like, helping you keep and get to medical appointments, talking with you and/or your doctors about your cancer, or helping you make decisions about your cancer."
* Those who respond "no" to the question above will be told that "Because this study is for patients and a supporter to view the website together, you are not eligible for this study, but there may be other studies you are eligible for in the future".
* NOTE: The above question will be used to define "supporter" for purposes of this study. Examples of supporters include a spouse, partner, sibling, adult child, another family member, or friend.
* NOTE: The supporter does not have to agree to participate in the study in order for the patient to be eligible for this study. Justification for requiring the enrolled patient to have a supporter (whether the supporter is invited or participates) is based on the study's underlying conceptual framework
* Patient participants must not have recurrent or metastatic (stage IV) colorectal cancer
* Patient participants must not have a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment (in the opinion of the treating physician) has the potential to interfere with the efficacy assessment of this intervention
* Patient participants must be registered within 90 - 180 days of surgical resection
* Patient participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization. The lower cutoff of 18 was determined because the lower age range of patients that may be recruited to Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) studies is 18
* Patient participants must have Zubrod performance status of 0-2
* Patient participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the website for the intervention and control arm are available in English and Spanish
* Patient participants must: 1) be able to complete Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) questionnaires in English or Spanish, and 2) agree to complete PROs at all scheduled timepoints
* Patient participants will be encouraged to provide an email address or cell phone number, if possible, for the purpose of being contacted by staff at the University of Michigan who will provide access to the educational website. For those who do not wish to provide or create an email address or a cell phone number, they may still participate with alternate methods
* Patient participants must not be enrolled or be planning to enroll in a clinical trial of investigational treatment that includes imaging and/or laboratory monitoring for the duration of this trial
* NOTE: Patient participants are allowed to be co-enrolled on other non-treatment clinical trials
* SUPPORTER PARTICIPANT:
* Supporter participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization
* Supporter participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the educational website is available in English and Spanish
* Supporter participants must have been identified by the patient as a person who may be willing to join them in reviewing the educational website
* PATIENT AND SUPPORTER:
* NOTE: As a part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
* Patient and supporter participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. This protocol does not permit use of Legally Authorized Representative
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* PATIENTS:
* Patient participants must have newly diagnosed surgically resected, stage II or stage III colorectal cancer per the timing described below
* Patient participants must have an adult in their life who supports them in their colorectal cancer journey who they might be willing to invite to join them in viewing an educational website. This is determined via the question: "Do you have an adult in your life, such as a spouse/partner, family member or friend, who supports you with your colorectal cancer journey and may be willing to view a website with you? When we say, "supports you in your colorectal cancer journey", we mean things like, helping you keep and get to medical appointments, talking with you and/or your doctors about your cancer, or helping you make decisions about your cancer."
* Those who respond "no" to the question above will be told that "Because this study is for patients and a supporter to view the website together, you are not eligible for this study, but there may be other studies you are eligible for in the future".
* NOTE: The above question will be used to define "supporter" for purposes of this study. Examples of supporters include a spouse, partner, sibling, adult child, another family member, or friend.
* NOTE: The supporter does not have to agree to participate in the study in order for the patient to be eligible for this study. Justification for requiring the enrolled patient to have a supporter (whether the supporter is invited or participates) is based on the study's underlying conceptual framework
* Patient participants must not have recurrent or metastatic (stage IV) colorectal cancer
* Patient participants must not have a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment (in the opinion of the treating physician) has the potential to interfere with the efficacy assessment of this intervention
* Patient participants must be registered within 90 - 180 days of surgical resection
* Patient participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization. The lower cutoff of 18 was determined because the lower age range of patients that may be recruited to Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) studies is 18
* Patient participants must have Zubrod performance status of 0-2
* Patient participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the website for the intervention and control arm are available in English and Spanish
* Patient participants must: 1) be able to complete Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) questionnaires in English or Spanish, and 2) agree to complete PROs at all scheduled timepoints
* Patient participants will be encouraged to provide an email address or cell phone number, if possible, for the purpose of being contacted by staff at the University of Michigan who will provide access to the educational website. For those who do not wish to provide or create an email address or a cell phone number, they may still participate with alternate methods
* Patient participants must not be enrolled or be planning to enroll in a clinical trial of investigational treatment that includes imaging and/or laboratory monitoring for the duration of this trial
* NOTE: Patient participants are allowed to be co-enrolled on other non-treatment clinical trials
* SUPPORTER PARTICIPANT:
* Supporter participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization
* Supporter participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the educational website is available in English and Spanish
* Supporter participants must have been identified by the patient as a person who may be willing to join them in reviewing the educational website
* PATIENT AND SUPPORTER:
* NOTE: As a part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
* Patient and supporter participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. This protocol does not permit use of Legally Authorized Representative
* PATIENTS:
* Patient participants must have newly diagnosed surgically resected, stage II or stage III colorectal cancer per the timing described below
* Patient participants must have an adult in their life who supports them in their colorectal cancer journey who they might be willing to invite to join them in viewing an educational website. This is determined via the question: "Do you have an adult in your life, such as a spouse/partner, family member or friend, who supports you with your colorectal cancer journey and may be willing to view a website with you? When we say, "supports you in your colorectal cancer journey", we mean things like, helping you keep and get to medical appointments, talking with you and/or your doctors about your cancer, or helping you make decisions about your cancer."
* Those who respond "no" to the question above will be told that "Because this study is for patients and a supporter to view the website together, you are not eligible for this study, but there may be other studies you are eligible for in the future".
* NOTE: The above question will be used to define "supporter" for purposes of this study. Examples of supporters include a spouse, partner, sibling, adult child, another family member, or friend.
* NOTE: The supporter does not have to agree to participate in the study in order for the patient to be eligible for this study. Justification for requiring the enrolled patient to have a supporter (whether the supporter is invited or participates) is based on the study's underlying conceptual framework
* Patient participants must not have recurrent or metastatic (stage IV) colorectal cancer
* Patient participants must not have a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment (in the opinion of the treating physician) has the potential to interfere with the efficacy assessment of this intervention
* Patient participants must be registered within 90 - 180 days of surgical resection
* Patient participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization. The lower cutoff of 18 was determined because the lower age range of patients that may be recruited to Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) studies is 18
* Patient participants must have Zubrod performance status of 0-2
* Patient participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the website for the intervention and control arm are available in English and Spanish
* Patient participants must: 1) be able to complete Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) questionnaires in English or Spanish, and 2) agree to complete PROs at all scheduled timepoints
* Patient participants will be encouraged to provide an email address or cell phone number, if possible, for the purpose of being contacted by staff at the University of Michigan who will provide access to the educational website. For those who do not wish to provide or create an email address or a cell phone number, they may still participate with alternate methods
* Patient participants must not be enrolled or be planning to enroll in a clinical trial of investigational treatment that includes imaging and/or laboratory monitoring for the duration of this trial
* NOTE: Patient participants are allowed to be co-enrolled on other non-treatment clinical trials
* SUPPORTER PARTICIPANT:
* Supporter participants must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of registration/randomization
* Supporter participants must be able to read English or Spanish since the educational website is available in English and Spanish
* Supporter participants must have been identified by the patient as a person who may be willing to join them in reviewing the educational website
* PATIENT AND SUPPORTER:
* NOTE: As a part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered in the system
* Patient and supporter participants must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. This protocol does not permit use of Legally Authorized Representative
Gender
All
Gender Based
false
Healthy Volunteers
No
Last Update Post Date
Last Update Post Date Type
Actual
Last Update Submit Date
Minimum Age
18 Years
NCT Id
NCT07018869
Org Class
Network
Org Full Name
SWOG Cancer Research Network
Org Study Id
S2417CD
Overall Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Primary Completion Date
Primary Completion Date Type
Estimated
Official Title
A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Intervention Called Current Together After Cancer (CTAC) to Promote Guideline-Concordant Colorectal Cancer Surveillance
Primary Outcomes
Outcome Description
Receipt of the four surveillance components will be abstracted as a binary outcome (yes versus no) from the electronic medical record for every enrolled patient. Additionally, patient-reported receipt of surveillance will be collected via survey. Multivariable logistic regression will be used, adjusted for the stratification factors as covariates.
Outcome Measure
Receipt of colorectal cancer surveillance
Outcome Time Frame
At 16 months
Secondary Ids
Secondary Id
NCI-2025-03080
Secondary Id
S2417CD
Secondary Id
SWOG-S2417CD
Secondary Id
S2417CD
Secondary Id
R01CA293394
Secondary Id
UG1CA189974
Secondary Outcomes
Outcome Description
The Knowledge About Colorectal Follow-Up Care score is patterned after instruments used in prior research that measure knowledge about colorectal cancer screening. 5 questions are asked of participants about the purpose of colorectal cancer surveillance, what is included in surveillance, recommended timeframe for surveillance, recurrence, and odds of new colorectal cancer diagnosis compared to the general population. Each question will receive one point for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer. One question is written as "select all that apply"; all correct answers must be selected for the question to count as correctly answered. The number of correct answers will be summed to give an overall knowledge score (ranging from 0 to 5). Change in knowledge over time will be compared between the two arms using multivariable logistic regression. Regression models will adjust for the stratification variables as covariates.
Outcome Time Frame
At baseline, 3 months, and 16 months
Outcome Measure
Knowledge About Colorectal Follow-Up Care score
Outcome Description
8-item scale detecting fear of recurrence in cancer survivors, rated on a 4-item Likert scale ranging from "never" to "almost always." Scores range from 8 to 32, with a higher total score indicating greater worry about cancer and/or greater impact on mood and daily functioning. Multivariable logistic regression will be used. Regression models will adjust for the stratification variables as covariates.
Outcome Time Frame
At baseline, 3 months, and 16 months
Outcome Measure
Cancer Worry Scale (CWS)
Outcome Description
The follow-up care preferences questionnaire is a 9-item questionnaire that solicits participants' preferences about follow-up care (i.e., "When thinking about your colorectal cancer follow-up care, how important to you are the following?") with questions (e.g., "It keeps you from worrying about the cancer coming back") answered using a 5-item Likert scale ranging from "Not at all important" to "Very important." Changes in preferences over time will be described and reported by arm.
Outcome Time Frame
At baseline, 3 months, and 16 months
Outcome Measure
Follow-up care preferences questionnaire
Outcome Description
This scale is adapted with permission from a 6-item scale used to measure colorectal cancer screening self-efficacy. Responses to individual questions are scored from 1 to 5 with higher values representing higher self-efficacy. An overall score is calculated by averaging the individual question scores. Multivariable linear regression will be used for analysis. Regression models will adjust for the stratification variables as covariates.
Outcome Time Frame
At baseline, 3 months, and 16 months
Outcome Measure
Self-efficacy for managing follow-up care
Outcome Description
Physical Function (PF) Measure taken from PROMIS-29+2 Profile version 2.1. 4 questions measuring ability to perform standard physical daily tasks. Individual questions are rated on Likert scale from "Unable to do" to "Without any difficulty." Scores are generally converted to T-Scores, with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10 in the general population. Higher scores represent better physical function. Multivariable linear regression will be performed with stratification factors included as covariates.
Outcome Time Frame
At baseline, 3 months, and 16 months
Outcome Measure
Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 + 2 Profile version 2.1, Physical Function Measure only
Outcome Description
The satisfaction with supporter engagement questionnaire consists of two parts: questions measuring overall satisfaction with the supporter's involvement in the participant's colorectal cancer follow-up care (4 items, each rated on a 5-level Likert scale; completed at 3 months and 16 months) and one question asking about whether the participant chose to invite a supporter and whether the participant and supporter viewed their assigned website together (this question completed only at the 3-month timepoint).
Each question will be reported and analyzed separately with multivariate linear regression using stratification factors as covariates.
Each question will be reported and analyzed separately with multivariate linear regression using stratification factors as covariates.
Outcome Time Frame
At 3 months, and 16 months
Outcome Measure
Satisfaction with supporter engagement questionnaire
Start Date
Start Date Type
Actual
Status Verified Date
First Post Date
First Post Date Type
Actual
First Submit Date
First Submit QC Date
Std Ages
Adult
Older Adult
Maximum Age Number (converted to Years and rounded down)
999
Minimum Age Number (converted to Years and rounded down)
18
Investigators
Investigator Type
Principal Investigator
Investigator Name
Carolina Bernabe Ramirez
Investigator Email
cbernabera@montefiore.org
Investigator Department
Medicine
Investigator Division
Oncology
Study Department
Oncology (Medical/Hematologic)
Study Division
Please Specify
Categories Mesh Debug
Colorectal Cancer --- COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS
Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers --- COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS
Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers --- INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS
Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers --- GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS
Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers --- DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS
Cancer --- NEOPLASMS BY SITE
Cancer --- NEOPLASMS
Digestive System --- DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
Liver --- DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
Digestive System --- GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
Digestive System --- COLONIC DISEASES
Digestive System --- INTESTINAL DISEASES
MeSH Terms
COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS
INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS
GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS
NEOPLASMS BY SITE
NEOPLASMS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
COLONIC DISEASES
INTESTINAL DISEASES
RECTAL DISEASES
INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC
DATA COLLECTION
EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS
INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES
HEALTH CARE EVALUATION MECHANISMS
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE QUALITY, ACCESS, AND EVALUATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH