The Clinical Trials Process

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NJMS-UH Cancer Center
Minority- Based Community Clinical Oncology
Program
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Minority-Based CCOP

• Increase the availability of state-of-the art
  cancer treatment and research to minority
  individuals within their own community
• Proven track record for enrollment to
  NCI-sponsored studies
• Joint efforts of several departments within the
  NJ Medical School

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Cancer Services at University Hospital

• Approximately 22,000 patient encounters were
  recorded for FY2009
• 2007 1132 newly diagnosed patients
• Younger and more advanced stage of disease
• 40 AJCC stage III/IV compared to 27 nationwide
• Unusually high number of sarcoma, cervical,
  hepatic and head/neck carcinomas

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Patient Population
Year Total Males Females Black Hispanic White Other
2005 1135 563 (49.6) 572 (50.4) 351 (30.9) 265 (23.3) 429 (37.9) 90 (7.9)
2006 1252 658 (52.6) 594 (47.4) 392 (31.3) 307 (24.5) 307 (24.5) 76 (6.1)
2007 1132 589 (52.1) 541 (47.9) 394 (34.8) 261 (23.1) 359 (31.7) 118 (10.4)
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Subject Recruitment
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Efforts to Address Barriers

• Hiring bilingual staff
• IMPACT NJ to develop a patient/family educational
  video
• Patient Navigator Program

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Future Directions

• Hire staff
• Open treatment and cancer prevention trials
• Website
• Develop additional recruitment strategies
• Partner with community organizations

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Team Members

• Medical Director
• Robert Wieder, MD, PhD
• Program Manager
• Tracie Saunders, RN, MS
• Research Coordinator
• Yasmeen Barber, BA
• Regulatory Coordinator
• Karen Jackson, CIP
• Data Manager
• Research Nurse
• Program Assistant

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Through Oncology Research HOPE is becoming a
REALITY

• Cancer Research Office
• 973-972-7789