The Genetic Information and Family Testing (GIFT) study: trial design and protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is pressing need to develop and evaluate clinically sound approaches to supporting the engagement between patients who have inherited cancer susceptibility and their relatives who may share it. Identifying and engaging patients with an inherited cancer susceptibility in the community is a potentially powerful strategy to reduce the gap in genetic risk evaluation for their families. The goal of the Genetic Information and Family Testing (GIFT) Study is to engage patients about inherited cancer susceptibility and provide support and services to their relatives to initiate genetic risk evaluation (including choice of home genetic testing).

Methods/design

We are conducting a population-based, 2 × 2 factorial cluster-randomized clinical trial to implement and eva

SUBMITTER: Katz SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869684 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature