CDRP Program Steering Committee

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CDRP Program Steering Committee

• Dwight E. Heron, MD
• UPMC McKeesport
• January 18, 2008
• San Diego, CA

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Clinical Trials Supplement

• Clinical Trial Supplement
• Provides for F/T CRC
• 16 patients recruited 3/2007- 12/2007
• Community Physician Update
• 1 non health system physician approved

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Clinical Trials Supplement (cont)

• Available trials
• 27 trials open end of 2006
• 55 trials open end of December 2007

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Funding

• Clinical Trials Supplement - 101k
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Health Formula Funds
  - 48k (tobacco settlement monies)
• Dedicated to breast navigator study
• Bridging the gap from mammography to dx tx
• Anonymous donor - 2,500 to use for disparate
  population
• Dedicated for Amish women breast ca. screenings
  in Somerset

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Patient Navigator Accruals (quarterly)
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Clinical Trials OpenTotal of 55
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Clinical Trials Accruals(by quarter)
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Status All Trials Quarterly - cumulative
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Clinical Trial Demographics(by age/minority
detail)
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Navigator Demographics(by age/minority detail)
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TELESYNERGY News

• Laredo System delivered, installed using new IP
  interface at Somerset Hospital testing
  completed event tracking plan initiated
• Upgrading current systems (UPMC McKeesport
  Washington University in St. Louis) for IP
  connectivity
• Version 4 T/S (scaled back version) being
  installed in New Castle at Jameson Hospital

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Sites UpdateExpansion of activities to 7 sites
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Community Outreach

• October McKeesport
• In partnership with Mayor of McKeesport and task
  force members, we implemented mobile outreach
  into wards of the city
• 1 African American neighborhood
• 1 Low socio-economic neighborhood
• 1 Central city neutral location
• Survey results to be analyzed
• Distributed flu shots
• October Somerset
• Amish women breast cancer screening
• 16 screened (2 abnormal)

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Publication Summary2007 Highlights

• Manuscripts Published
• Lin, C., et al Breast cancer risk assessment in
  socioeconomically disadvantaged urban
  communities. J. Natl. Med Assoc 99752-756,
  2007.
• Schwaderer, K. Bridging the Healthcare Divide
  with Patient Navigation Development of a
  research program to address disparities. Clin J
  Oncol Nursing 11633-639, 2007
• Bhatnagar, A.K. et al What do patients want from
  their radiation oncologist? Initial results from
  a prospective trial. Int. J Rad Oncol Biol.
  Phys 691527-1533, 2007
• Andrade, R.S., et al Assessment of best
  practice treatment patterns for a Radiation
  Oncology Community Outreach Group (ROCOG)
  engaged in cancer disparities outcomes. JACR in
  press

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Presentations2007 Highlights

• American Public Health Association 2007
• 5 Abstracts Presented for (oral) Roundtable
  Session
• ASTRO 2007
• 2 Abstracts Presented (poster)

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Upcoming Presentations

• American College of Radiology
• January, 2008 A Treatment Time Study on Patient
  Navigation in Community Radiation Oncology