Preference of Room Setting and Waiting Time in Patients With Advanced, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Cancer and Their Caregivers Who Are Seen in the Outpatient Supportive/Palliative Care Center

Perception of Supportive Care Patients and Caregivers Who Are Seen in the Outpatient Supportive/Palliative Care Center Regarding the Preference of Room Setting and Waiting Time

This trial studies the preference of room setting and waiting time in patients with cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes or other places in the body and their caregivers who are seen in the outpatient supportive/palliative care center. Room setting preferences of patients and caregivers may help to understand their opinion regarding direct rooming system in the outpatient supportive/palliative care center.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm; Caregiver; Advanced Malignant Neoplasm; Locally Advanced Malignant Neoplasm
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire Administration

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine patients and caregivers preferences regarding the rooming process in outpatient supportive palliative care clinic, measured by the preference to exam room versus waiting area.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Patients and caregiver perceptions regarding room setting and waiting time in the outpatient supportive care clinic.

II. Extent/experience of team contact in the outpatient supportive care clinic. III. The factors associated with rooming preferences such as age, gender, symptom distress and performance status.

IV. The association between level of distress (physical, psychological, and spiritual distress as measured by Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and perception of usefulness of the visit to palliative care center.

V. The attitudes and beliefs toward usefulness of referral to outpatient palliative care.

VI. The correlation between the patient and caregivers preferences.

OUTLINE:

Patients and their caregivers complete a questionnaire over 15 minutes either in person or over the phone within 3 days after their supportive care center visit.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 406
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient: Have advanced cancer, defined as locally advanced, metastatic or incurable disease.
• Patient: Seen at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) outpatient Supportive Care Center for consultation (first visit).
• Patient: Provided informed consent.
• Patient: Can read and speak English or Spanish.
• Patient: Has a consenting caregiver at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit.
• Caregiver: Provided informed consent.
• Caregiver: Can read and speak English or Spanish.
• Caregiver: Must be with consenting patient at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient: Delirium diagnosed by palliative care physician or nurse and/or Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) >= 7 or dementia.
• Patient: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish.
• Patient: No caregiver at the time of Supportive Care consultation visit.
• Caregiver: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Supportive Care (questionnaire); Patients and their caregivers complete a questionnaire over 15 minutes either in person or over the phone within 3 days after their supportive care center visit.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Given questionnaire

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Preference of exam room over waiting room as soon as checking in until the nurse is ready for a patient assessed using questionnaire	Two sample t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test, whichever more appropriate, will be used to compare continuous variables of interest between the preference of exam room over waiting area. Chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test, whichever appropriate, will be used to test for associations between each of categorical variables and preference of exam room over waiting area. Univariate/multicovariate logistic regression analysis will be used to explore the demographics and clinical factors associated with rooming preferences.	Up to 3 days after visit

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: MarieBerta Vidal, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 28, 2018
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): September 14, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018-0573 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); NCI-2018-01877 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No