Addressing Cancer Care Equity With Social Determinants of Health Screening and Early Intervention

Conditions

• Leukemia, Acute

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• ACCESS-Leukemia — BEHAVIORAL
  Pilot intervention includes a screening survey of health-related social needs followed by a social work consultation within 2 weeks of study enrollment, regardless of their answers on the screening survey. Patients will complete baseline assessments, and the HRSNs screen must be completed before the third leukemia clinic visit.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to explore if screening health-related social needs and early social work consultation is feasible and acceptable for adults with leukemias. The study examines whether the intervention (ACCESS-Leukemia) improves outcomes. Researchers will compare social determinants of health screening and early involvement of social work to usual care.

Key Dates

First listed

Jun 26, 2026

Start date

Jul 14, 2026

Status verified

Jul 2026

Primary completion

Jan 15, 2027

Completion

Jul 15, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

• Experimental: ACCESS-Leukemia
  HRSNs screening survey followed by oncology social work consultation
• No Intervention: Usual care

Primary Outcome Measure

Rate of eligible participants enrolling [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]

Central Contacts

• Michelle H Lee, MD
  617-882-6060
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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