This project will pilot the expansion of the existing Taussig Outreach Program's community outreach and patient navigation model to study the multiple myeloma (MM) screening program. This involves analyzing community reception, screening program methods, reasons patients decided to participate, reasons patients declined participation, and participant views and attitudes. This study also aims to gauge the current and general understanding of MM. This study seeks to recruit participants in the pilot screening program to promote early detection. Participants who have abnormal results will receive patient navigation for further diagnostics and testing.
Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a hematologic cancer of antibody-producing plasma cells. Multiple Myeloma is always preceded by a pre-malignant condition called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or smoldering multiple myeloma. Despite multiple therapeutic advances, there remains no cure for multiple myeloma. The disease is treated and monitored throughout a person's lifetime. This is why screening for early detection of this disease is important; however, MGUS and smoldering multiple myeloma are only diagnosed when they are found incidentally on labs during tests for unrelated symptoms. There are no current universal screening guidelines for MM. Among those who may benefit from MM screenings include African American/Black individuals, as it is twice as common in this population compared to Caucasian/White individuals. This study aims to develop a screening program specifically targeting underserved African American/Black individuals. This project will expand the existing Taussig Community Outreach screening program to include screening for multiple myeloma.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
201
Participants will be screened with a blood test for monoclonal protein analysis
Participants will complete two questionnaires to share their attitudes toward their screening experience and completion of knowledge questions to gauge community reception and participant multiple myeloma knowledge.
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
To conduct and evaluate a study that incorporates patient navigation programs to recruit and screen participants for Multiple Myeloma and its disease precursors, MGUS or smoldering MM
The goal is to leverage the existing model of community outreach and patient navigation to study the MM screening program, including community reception, screening program methods, reasons patients decided to participate, reasons patients declined participation, and participant views and attitudes. This will be measured by the overall community reception of this screening being offered.
Time frame: 12 months
To conduct and evaluate a study that incorporates patient navigation programs to recruit and screen participants for Multiple Myeloma and its disease precursors, MGUS or smoldering MM
The goal is to leverage the existing model of community outreach and patient navigation to study the MM screening program, including community reception, screening program methods, reasons patients decided to participate, reasons patients declined participation, and participant views and attitudes. This will be measured by participant questionnaires detailing their attitudes toward, and experience, of the screening.
Time frame: 12 months
To study participant knowledge of Multiple Myeloma
Participants will gain knowledge about Multiple Myeloma from the time of the screening to the time of follow-up one week or more after the screening. This will be measured by examining the difference in participant post-screening questionnaire results.
Time frame: 12 months
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