Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
Description Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Description Module
Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:41 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:41 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00244868
Brief Summary:
RATIONALE: A computer-based survey and communication aid may help physicians and patients to communicate better and help make treatment decisions easier.
PURPOSE: This phase III randomized clinical trial is studying how well giving a computer-based survey together with a communication aid works compared to a computer-based survey alone in improving physician-patient communication and treatment decision making in patients with metastatic cancer.
Detailed Description:
OBJECTIVES:
* Compare satisfaction with physician-patient communication and decisional conflict in patients with metastatic cancer undergoing a computer-based survey with vs without a communication aid.
* Compare patient expectations regarding potential benefits and adverse reactions associated with treatment options in patients undergoing the computer-based survey and communication aid.
* Compare the content of physician-patient consultations in patients undergoing the computer-based survey and communication aid.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, controlled, multicenter study.
Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 study arms.
* Arm I (generic computer-based survey): Patients complete a 45- to 60-minute generic computer-based survey that assesses demographics, familiarity and comfort with computers, treatment history, and affective elements.
* Arm II (targeted computer-based survey and communication aid with physician summary report): Patients complete a 45- to 60-minute targeted computer-based survey assessing patient values, information needs, and distress. Patients then complete a targeted computer-based communication aid that addresses cognitive and affective components of cancer treatment education and provides communication skills training. After completion of the survey and communication aid, a summary report of the survey results is generated and provided to the patient's physician.
* Arm III (targeted computer-based survey and communication aid): Patients complete a targeted computer-based survey and communication aid as in arm II. No summary report is provided to the physician.
After completion of a computer-based survey and communication aid, all patients undergo a consultation with their physician. A randomized subset of 25% of physician consultations\* are audiotaped and later analyzed. Patients complete a 15-minute written survey after completion of the physician consultation and then at 3 months.
NOTE: \*Patients are stratified according to study arm (I vs II vs III) and consulting physician gender for this randomization.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 720 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study:
NCT00244868
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00244868