Connecting Black Families in Houston, Texas to Hereditary Cancer Genetic Counseling, Genetic Testing, and Cascade Testing by Using a Simple Genetic Risk Screening Tool and Telegenetics

ConditionsBreast Cancer Colorectal Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

About this trial

To identify Black individuals who are eligible for genetic testing through trusted community organizations, and to connect Black individuals and their families to genetic testing and counseling so that they can know their cancer risk and how to decrease it.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Any participant over 18 years old who self-identifies as Black or African-American and signs an informed consent form, also referred to as the 'Permission to Contact' form, to be part of our study.

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Genetic Testing and Counseling
Screening Form

Treatment groups

1,000 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov