Skip Navigation and Go To Content

Implementing the NYU Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA) for Head and Neck Cancer in Rural and Urban Populations

  • Research team: Principal investigator Janet H. Van Cleave, PhD, RN, FAAN. Site principal investigators Abraham A. Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, NYU Meyers College of Nursing; Kenneth S. Hu, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center; Jessica R. Bauman, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center; and Christopher E. Lominska, MD, the University of Kansas Cancer Center; Brian L. Egleston, MPP, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center, will serve as biostatistician for the project.
  • Funding sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • Overview: This study will investigate the implementation and effectiveness of a patient-reported symptom tool for head and neck cancers. Learn more.
  • Budget: $3,302,299
  • Project period: Sept. 19, 2023, through Aug. 31, 2028

Related publications:

Van Cleave, J.H., Brody, A.A., Schulman-Green, D. et al. Implementing the NYU Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA)© for head and neck cancer in rural and urban populations: a study protocol for a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation clinical trial. Trials 26, 563 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09268-w

Van Cleave JH, Guerra A, Liang E, Gutiérrez C, Karni RJ, Tsikis M, Nguyen GPC and Squires AP (2025). Using content validity index methodology for cross-cultural translation of a patient-reported outcome measure for head and neck cancer. Front. Health Serv. 5:1582127. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1582127

Recently completed


(Supplement) Assessing and Enhancing Survivorship Care in Rural and Urban Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

  • Research team: Principal investigator Janet H. Van Cleave, PhD, RN, FAAN. Co-investigators Ron Karni, MD, McGovern School of Medicine at UTHealth Houston, and Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, ACHIP, FAMIA, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston.
  • Funding sponsor: NCI
  • Overview: Investigators will review records of 250 patients in Southeast Texas who live in seven urban counties with metro areas of more than 50,000 people and six less-populated counties. They will also interview patients, clinicians, and administrators to identify barriers to accessing survivorship care and to assess alignment of processes, policies, and evaluation/assessment metrics with the recently developed Nation Standards for Cancer Survivorship Care.
  • Budget: $72,277
  • Project period: Sept. 1, 2024-Aug. 31, 2025