Health Literacy Intervention for Informed Consent of Cancer Patients Considering Clinical Trial Participation
2 november 2015 bijgewerkt door: Washington University School of Medicine
A Mixed Methods Study to Reduce Disparities in Cancer Clinical Trials by Adapting a Health Literacy Intervention for Informed Consent and Comparing it to Usual Care in a Randomized Experiment
This study will update an existing health literacy intervention (decision aid) for informed consent procedures and then conduct a randomized experiment implementing the health literacy intervention at Siteman Cancer Center and evaluate its effectiveness compared to usual care.
Our hypothesis is that implementing the targeted, web-based decision aid (DA) in addition to usual care will increase knowledge about cancer clinical trials.
Secondary outcomes include patients' ability to communicate with health care providers about trials, willingness to participate in trials, and enrollment rates for minority participants.
Studie Overzicht
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
A previously developed and pilot tested web-based decision aid (DA) based on best practices in health literacy that is well received by minority participants and significantly improved knowledge about cancer clinical trials and decision self-efficacy will be used. This study will expand the reach of the DA and test it in a larger study in a different geographic region and center (Siteman Cancer Center). An additional benefit of conducting this work at Siteman Cancer Center is that Siteman and the Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD) already institute structural changes at the system level to improve minority participation in trials. This study will activate and educate patients and will complement the system-level interventions.
By random 1:1 assignment, 180 participants will either receive:
*Targeted, web-based decision aid (DA) about participating in cancer clinical trials.
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*Usual care/control-Access to the Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
Outcomes from the DA group will be compared to outcomes in a usual care/control group.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
201
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
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Studie Locaties
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Missouri
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St. Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten, 63110
- Siteman Cancer Center
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Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
18 jaar en ouder (Volwassen, Oudere volwassene)
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Nee
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Allemaal
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed with cancer in the past 6 months
- English speaking
- At least 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Past participation in a clinical trial for treatment
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Ondersteunende zorg
- Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Experimenteel: Decision Aid (DA)
The decision aid (DA) will be provided to patients randomized to the experimental/intervention group.
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Participants will be shown (on a computer) a targeted, web-based decision aid focused on the topic of clinical trials in addition to usual care.
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Geen tussenkomst: Control
Participants randomized to the control group will receive usual care and will be shown Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Knowledge About Cancer Clinical Trials
Tijdsspanne: 1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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A questionnaire will be administered to assess outcomes of interest immediately after showing the participant either the decision aid (DA) about clinical trials or the Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
The questionnaire will include eleven knowledge items such as "Only very sick patients are asked to take part in a cancer research study" and "Cancer research studies almost never involve the use of a placebo or sugar pill alone".
Participants will indicate each item as "True", "False", or "I don't know".
An overall knowledge composite score will be created with the average percentage of items participants in each condition correctly answer.
Participation in study concludes upon completion of questionnaire.
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1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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Clarity of Values
Tijdsspanne: 1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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A questionnaire will be administered to assess outcomes of interest immediately after showing the participant either the decision aid (DA) about clinical trials or the Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
The questionnaire will include the Values Clarity Subscale to evaluate decisional conflict.
The subscale includes two items from the ten-item Low Literacy Decisional Conflict Scale, each with three response categories.
The combined score on the two items will be divided by 2 and multiplied by 25 to produce an overall "values clarity" score from 0 to 100.
Higher values represent less clarity.
Participation in study concludes upon completion of questionnaire.
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1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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Uncertainty in Choice
Tijdsspanne: 1 day Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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A questionnaire will be administered to assess outcomes of interest immediately after showing the participant either the decision aid (DA) about clinical trials or the Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
The questionnaire will include the Uncertainty Subscale to evaluate decisional conflict.
The subscale includes two items from the ten-item Low Literacy Decisional Conflict Scale, each with three response categories.
The combined score on the two items will be divided by 2 and multiplied by 25 to produce an overall "uncertainty" score from 0 to 100.
Higher values represent more uncertainty.
Participation in study concludes upon completion of questionnaire.
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1 day Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Self-efficacy for Communicating About Cancer Clinical Trials
Tijdsspanne: 1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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A questionnaire will be administered to assess outcomes of interest immediately after showing the participant either the decision aid (DA) about clinical trials or the Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
The questionnaire will include an item in which participants rank their self-efficacy for finding information about cancer clinical trials on a 5-point scale with higher numbers indicating greater self-efficacy.
Participation in study concludes upon completion of questionnaire.
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1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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Attitudes About Cancer Clinical Trials
Tijdsspanne: 1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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A questionnaire will be administered to assess outcomes of interest immediately after showing the participant either the decision aid (DA) about clinical trials or the Siteman Cancer Center website about clinical trials.
The questionnaire will include two items in which participants rank their intent to participate in a cancer clinical trial and their intent to encourage others to participate in a cancer clinical trial on a 5-point scale with higher numbers indicating greater intent.
Participation in study concludes upon completion of questionnaire.
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1 day (Immediately following either showing the participant the experimental or control information (same day)
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
Hier vindt u mensen en organisaties die betrokken zijn bij dit onderzoek.
Medewerkers
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Mary C Politi, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
Publicaties en nuttige links
De persoon die verantwoordelijk is voor het invoeren van informatie over het onderzoek stelt deze publicaties vrijwillig ter beschikking. Dit kan gaan over alles wat met het onderzoek te maken heeft.
Algemene publicaties
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- Janet Yang Z, McComas K, Gay G, Leonard JP, Dannenberg AJ, Dillon H. From information processing to behavioral intentions: exploring cancer patients' motivations for clinical trial enrollment. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 May;79(2):231-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.08.010. Epub 2009 Sep 11.
- Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Assessing the System for Protecting Human Research Participants; Federman DD, Hanna KE, Rodriguez LL, editors. Responsible Research: A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2002. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK43563/
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- Krumholz HM. Informed consent to promote patient-centered care. JAMA. 2010 Mar 24;303(12):1190-1. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.309. No abstract available.
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- Davis TC, Holcombe RF, Berkel HJ, Pramanik S, Divers SG. Informed consent for clinical trials: a comparative study of standard versus simplified forms. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1998 May 6;90(9):668-74. doi: 10.1093/jnci/90.9.668.
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- Sutherland HJ, da Cunha R, Lockwood GA, Till JE. What attitudes and beliefs underlie patients' decisions about participating in chemotherapy trials? Med Decis Making. 1998 Jan-Mar;18(1):61-9. doi: 10.1177/0272989X9801800113.
- Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP): Compliance Determination Letters. US Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: 2002.
Studie record data
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Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start
1 mei 2014
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 mei 2015
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 juli 2015
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
7 oktober 2013
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
16 oktober 2013
Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)
17 oktober 2013
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Schatting)
7 december 2015
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
2 november 2015
Laatst geverifieerd
1 november 2015
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- 201309076
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