PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate the effectiveness of the PPCD ViRA (i) on the delivery of PPCD support in a clinic setting, at home and community setting; and (ii) in providing social determinants of health (SDOH) navigation, emotional support and psycho-oncology support for African American/Black men (AA/BM) newly diagnosed with prostate cancer (CaP).
II. Assess the effectiveness of the PPCD ViRA in reducing emotional distress and improving other patient reported outcomes (PROs).
III. Using a mixed-method approach, explore the factors that uniquely influence the implementation of the PPCD ViRA in a clinic setting, at home and community setting.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I (DELAYED-START INTERVENTION): Patients receive standard care and then receive access to the ViRA application (app) (on a \[virtual reality\] VR headset, smartphone, iPAD or computer) and are presented with short screening questions, which an AI engine uses to recommend personalized and culturally tailored VR ready CaP interventions facilitated by a digital human character (CaP survivor, physician, or a psycho-oncologist) 3 months later on study.
ARM II (EARLY START INTERVENTION): Patients receive access to the ViRA app (on a VR headset, smartphone, iPAD or computer) and are presented with short screening questions, which an AI engine uses to recommend personalized and culturally tailored VR ready CaP interventions facilitated by a digital human character (CaP survivor, physician, or a psycho-oncologist) on study.
After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.
