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Evaluating the Implementation of a Comprehensive Multilevel Virtual Oncology Program Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung, Colorectal, Prostate, and Breast Cancers in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
NCT06559059 · NYU Langone Health
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About this study
Study staff will use the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the VA health information technology system, to identify eligible patients at VA sites based on listed inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patient records will be observed of Veterans with a new cancer diagnosis of the lung, prostate, breast, or colon and a telehealth visit utilizing the VA National TeleOncology Service (NTO).
Eligibility criteria
Patients Inclusion Criteria:
1. A Veteran
2. Aged 18 years or older
3. Newly diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer within 3 months of telemedicine visit
4. Engaged in an oncology visit during the 36-month analysis period at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) location.
VAMC Providers and Staff Inclusion Criteria:
1. Provider or staff member at one of the VAMC locations including physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and nurses caring for Veterans
2. Providers or staff members having helped provide care for at least 5 Veterans with cancer in the previous 6 months at a VAMC location
Patients Exclusion Criteria:
1. Veterans who have not seen any providers in the VA within the past year
2. Patients previously diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer
3. Pregnant patients
VAMC Providers and Staff Exclusion Criteria:
1\. Providers or staff members who do not help treat Veterans with specified cancers in oncology at the VA
Study design
Enrollment target: 1800 participants
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2024-06-18
Estimated completion: 2027-07-31
Last updated: 2026-03-30
Primary outcomes
- • Number of raw telehealth visits (Post-NTO implementation (up to 3 months))
- • Fraction of patients engaging in at least one telehealth visit (Post-NTO implementation (up to 3 months))
Sponsor
NYU Langone Health · other
With: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Contacts & investigators
ContactJaneth Juarez Padilla · contact · Janeth.juarezpadilla@nyulangone.org · 646-501-3588
ContactNavid Dardashti · contact · Navid.dardashti@nyulangone.org · 201-906-7713
InvestigatorDanil Makarov, MD, MHS · principal_investigator, NYU Langone Health
All locations (5)
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - BrooklynRecruiting
Brooklyn, New York, United States
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - St. Albans Community Living CenterRecruiting
Jamaica, New York, United States
VA New York Harbor Health Care System - ManhattanRecruiting
New York, New York, United States
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Harlem Community CenterRecruiting
New York, New York, United States
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Staten Island Community ClinicRecruiting
Staten Island, New York, United States