Overview
The primary and secondary objectives of the study:
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced eHealth and chatbot enabled delivery model to increase uptake of genetic counseling.
II. To evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced eHealth and chatbot enabled delivery model to increase uptake of genetic testing.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced eHealth and chatbot enabled delivery model to provide non-inferior short-term and longitudinal cognitive (e.g. knowledge), affective (e.g. distress), and behavioral outcomes (e.g. cancer screening and communication to relatives) and costs.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To test for moderators of uptake of counseling and testing (primary objectives).
II. To test for moderators of short-term and longitudinal patient outcomes (secondary objectives).
III. To identify facilitators and barriers to implementation of the enhanced eHealth and chatbot enabled delivery model and standard remote services.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. Non-patient participants are assigned to arm 3.
ARM I: Patients attend a standard of care telehealth visit with a genetic counselor for pretest genetic education. Patients then undergo standard of care genetic testing and attend a telehealth visit with a genetic counselor for disclosure of results.
ARM II: Patients receive access to the Genetic Journey Chatbot and choose to complete digital pre-test genetic education via the digital tool or via telehealth visit with a genetic counselor. Via the chatbot, patients may request a telehealth visit with a genetic counselor at any time to answer unresolved questions. Patients then undergo standard of care genetic testing and attend a telehealth visit with a genetic counselor for disclosure of results. The chatbot remains available to answer questions, assess barriers, and provide reminders for next steps during the testing period.
ARM III: Non-patient participants complete an interview on study.
After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 6 and 12 months.
Principal investigator
Eligibility criteria
* PATIENTS: Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 39 years at the time of enrollment
* PATIENTS: AYA cancer patients and survivors. This includes patients at any stage of diagnosis (e.g., newly diagnosed, in treatment, in survivorship) and a cancer diagnosis (including pediatric cancers) at any age ≤ 39 years old. Given targeted therapies for BRCA+ and microsatellite instability (MSI)-high/Lynch Syndrome patients and benefit to relatives, patients with metastatic cancer are included. Any history of cancer, regardless of being in treatment or not
* PATIENTS: Language: In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures and receive genetic education and counseling, participants must be able to speak and read English or Spanish
* PATIENTS: No known diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment. Persons with impaired decision-making capacity are ineligible as they need to be able to understand genetic test results, its implications for the patient and family, and explain genetic test results to their family members
* PATIENTS: No persons with a known psychiatric or documented developmental disorder that affects cognitive or emotional functions to the extent that the capacity for judgment and reason is significantly diminished, such that they cannot participate based on the judgment of the treating physician
* PATIENTS: Participants must meet National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for genetic testing assessment provided by Penn Telegenetics by the Eligibility Verification Assessment (EVA) chatbot, or paper forms and genetic counselor's review
* NON-PATIENT PARTICIPANT: Non-patient participants eligible for this study include: oncology providers, members of the care team and clinic staff, genetic counselors, and insurers (i.e., people who work in financial services and/or for insurance companies) who participate in oncology care among AYA in community for this study
* NON-PATIENT PARTICIPANT: Age ≥ 18 years
* NON-PATIENT PARTICIPANT: Non-patient participants must be able to speak and read English or Spanish in order to participate in the key informant interviews
For Referring Providers
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