Social Media Listening in Improving Clinical Trial Recruitment in Patients With Cancer

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-08

Study Completion Date

2018-12-31

Brief Summary

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This pilot clinical trial studies how well social media listening works in improving clinical trial recruitment in patients with cancer. Social media listening and recruitment on Twitter may enhance enrollment for cancer-related clinical trials.

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Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Examine the feasibility (acceptance among University of Southern California \[USC\] Norris study team members and Twitter users in Los Angeles \[LA\] county) of targeted social media listening (SML) via Twitter as a tool for enhancing recruitment to cancer trials.

II. Gain preliminary data on the impact (i.e., numbers recruited versus projected accrual compared to historic recruitment) of targeted social media listening (SML) as a tool for enhancing recruitment to cancer trials among Twitter users in LA county.

III. Estimate the effect size of the number of people enrolled associated with the use of targeted social media listening (SML) via Twitter as a tool for enhancing recruitment to cancer trials.

OUTLINE:

Patients who mention specific cancer disease keywords and/or hashtags are identified and receive a message via Twitter. Patients are then contacted for recruitment into a clinical trial.

Conditions

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Breast Carcinoma Colon Carcinoma Kidney Carcinoma Lymphoma Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Prostate Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Health Services Research (message via Twitter)

Patients who mention specific cancer disease keywords and/or hashtags are identified and receive a message via Twitter. Patients are then contacted for recruitment into a clinical trial.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet-Based Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive message via Twitter

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Interventions

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Internet-Based Intervention

Receive message via Twitter

Intervention Type OTHER

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TRIAL INCLUSION:
* Focus on one of the following disease categories: non-small cell lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, lymphoma
* Be a phase 1 trial in expansion, phase 2, or 3
* Be interventional trials
* Recruit in English
* Be Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved and open to accrual at USC Norris
* Recruit for at least 9 months at the point of enrollment
* Set monthly accrual target \>= 1/ and annual accrual target \>= 12
* PATIENT INCLUSION:
* Will include all prospective trial participants in this study that come from Twitter in response of our SM recruitment interventions, provided they meet the specific trial's eligibility criteria

Exclusion Criteria

* TRIAL EXCLUSION:
* Phase 1 trials in dose escalation
* PATIENT EXCLUSION:
* Persons who do not meet the eligibility criteria of any of the trials open to accrual will be excluded from participation, and persons who may be eligible (e.g., disease/histology, stage, prior treatment) but do not meet additional trial-specific requirements such as insurance or allergy to drug)

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No