Project CARE: Cancer Risk Evaluation

Project CARE is a research study exploring a new way to assess your risk for hereditary cancer right from your primary care doctor's office. This study uses a "Relational Agent" (RA) named Alex, which is a chatbot integrated into a patient portal. Alex will provide education about hereditary cancer and help you complete questionnaires to evaluate your risk. The study aims to see how well this digital approach works and if it can help identify patients who might benefit from further genetic evaluation. You may be eligible if you are between 18 and 70 years old, speak English, and receive care at Rutgers Health primary care sites. The study will measure how many patients complete the risk assessment and how many are identified as high risk.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 210 participants. It is exploring the use of a chatbot for cancer risk assessment.
What's involved
You will engage with the Relational Agent (chatbot) Alex through a patient portal to complete questionnaires about hereditary cancer risk.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study will track the proportion of patients identified as high risk through study completion, which is an average of 12 months.

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NCT07130487

Project CARE: CAncer Risk Evaluation

Recruiting
NAAges 18–70InterventionalScreening
Anita Y. Kinney, PhD, RN
~210 participants
Updated 2025-11-25 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Relational Agent ( RA) Alex

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Proportion of Patients Completing the Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment
Measured over Up to 3 months from enrollment
+1 more outcome measured
Primary Care

NCT07130487

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jerseystudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Anita Y Kinney, PhD, RN · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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  • Proportion of Patients Completing the Hereditary Cancer Risk AssessmentUp to 3 months from enrollment

    The proportion of patients who successfully complete the hereditary cancer risk assessment within the genetic care delivery portal. Completion is defined as receiving a final result statement, regardless of whether all assessment questions in the risk assessment module were answered.

  • Proportion of Patients Identified as High RiskThrough study completion, an average of 12 months.

    The percent of patients who completed the RA and are identified as high risk.