The Florida ASCENT Study: Improving Care for Cancer Patients
This study, called The Florida ASCENT Study, is testing an intervention called MyCarePulse and ASCENT PN. This combines a digital platform with patient navigators (people who help guide patients through their care) to help cancer patients. The goal is to improve things like food security (having enough food), diet quality, and a patient's confidence in making healthy food choices. Researchers will compare patients receiving MyCarePulse and ASCENT PN to those receiving standard care. The study is looking for 100 participants aged 18 to 100 years old who have a confirmed cancer diagnosis and can read and speak English. The study aims to see if this intervention can help overcome barriers to care for cancer patients.
- Study design
- This study plans to enroll 100 participants in total. It will compare cancer patients receiving the MyCarePulse and ASCENT PN intervention to those receiving standard care.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary outcomes, such as changes in food security and diet quality, will be measured at 6 months.
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The Florida ASCENT Study
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Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- Change in Food security from Baseline using U.S. FSSM6 months
Self-reported by patient using the US Food Security Module (US FSSM). The US FSSM consists of 18 questions for homes with children under the age of 18 years and 10 items for households without children, e.g., a query regarding the use of emergency foods from food banks, soup kitchens, or other organizations by household members within the past year. The overall food security status (full, marginal, low and very low) will be determined by the number of affirmative responses to those questions.
- Change in Diet quality from Baseline using the ASA24 Dietary Recall Assessment and the Veggie Meter Instrument6 months
Evaluated by the ASA24 dietary recall assessment and Veggie Meter Instrument. The ASA24 dietary recall collect information on calorie intake and nutrient density, and will be assessed using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), 2015 version. The Veggie Meter Instrument will give a score from 0-800, and higher scores are associated with greater fruit and vegetable intake.
- Change in Self efficacy for dietary behaviors from Baseline using the the Preferences and Self-Efficacy of Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors Scale6 months
Self-reported by patient using the the Preferences and Self-Efficacy of Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors scale. The scale measures preferences and self-efficacy for four behaviors: fruit and vegetable intake, dietary fat intake, added sugar intake and physical activity. A sample question is "Did MyCarePulse make you confident to eat healthy snacks like a fruit or a vegetable when you are really hungry?"