Evaluating an Alternative Clinical Genetics Cancer Care Delivery Model: A Pilot Study of Patient Outcomes

October 6, 2025 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
This study will evaluate patients' experiences with having gynecologic or prostate medical oncologists and surgeons offer them genetic testing, and having genetic counselors return the test results to patients over the telephone. This is different from the usual approach to genetic testing, where gynecologic or prostate medical oncologists and surgeons refer their patients to a genetic counselor in order to have these tests done, and the genetic counselors return the test results to the patient in person or over the telephone. The investigators will only be evaluating this alternative way of providing genetic testing to ovarian or prostate cancer patients.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

1047

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New Jersey
      • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
    • New York
      • Commack, New York, United States, 11725
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
      • Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
      • New York, New York, United States, 10065
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
      • Rockville Centre, New York, United States
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Rockville Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with ovarian, prostate or pancreas cancer who are considered appropriate for multiplex genetic testing by their MSK DMT physician.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • MSK patient age 18 years or older.
  • Diagnosed with or presumed by physician to have prostate cancer, or pancreatic cancer and recommended to undergo, currently undergoing, or having undergone active surveillance. (Patients with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer, or pancreas cancer are no longer eligible for inclusion as of Amendment 9. Patients with advanced prostate cancer who have not participated in active surveillance are no longer eligible for inclusion as of Amendment 10)
  • Deemed to be clinically appropriate for multiplex genetic testing by their physician.
  • Agreed to receive clinical multiplex genetic testing from their physician.
  • English-fluent; the surveys were designed and validated in English and are not currently available in other languages. Translation of questionnaires into other languages would require reestablishing the reliability and validity of these measures. Therefore, participants must be able to communicate in English to complete the surveys.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who do not or will not receive their ongoing cancer care at MSK.
  • Major psychiatric illness or cognitive impairment that in the judgment of the study investigators or study staff would preclude study participation.
  • Any patients who are unable to comply with the study procedures as determined by the study investigators or study staff.
  • For ovarian cancer patients only: patient insured by a payer that does not provide coverage for multiplex genetic testing as delivered in this protocol (e.g., Cigna, United Health Care, or Oxford, (because these payers require genetic counseling by a genetics professional prior to testing).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Genetic Testing in Ovarian ,Prostate or Pancreas Cancer
This study is a prospective single-arm study to examine how an alternative clinical genetics cancer care delivery model affects ovarian, prostate or pancreas cancer patients' cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. Participants will be contacted 1 week (+/- 1 week) (Assessment #2; and 3 months (+/- 2 weeks) (Assessment #3;) following the telephone post-test counseling session to complete the follow-up assessments. These assessments will measure psychological and behavioral study constructs.
Behavioral: Assessments

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
baseline to post-results change in distress levels
Time Frame: 2 years
Change in distress levels (HADS-Anxiety) from Baseline to Assessments #2 and #3, measured as an effect size among participants who receive a pathogenic variant(s), no pathogenic variant(s), and variant(s) of uncertain significance
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborators

United States Department of Defense

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Maria Carlo, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 12, 2016

Primary Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 22, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 26, 2016

First Posted (Estimated)

September 28, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

October 7, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 6, 2025

Last Verified

October 1, 2025

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Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 16-919

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