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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

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · NCT05694559

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
1000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
November 23, 2022
Record last updated
August 10, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Genetic Testing and Counseling; Screening Form

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Recruiting US locations

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Banu Arun, MD · 713-792-2817 · barun@mdanderson.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Banu Arun, MD · 713-792-2817 · barun@mdanderson.org
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