Are people's perceived risks of medicine side effects affected by the words we use to describe them?

What is the effect of two framing variables on perceived risks associated with the medicine Taxol?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN39432352

Enrollment

318

Registered

2014-04-23

Start date

2013-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-02-20

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Conditions

Cancer Cancer Malignant neoplasm, unspecified

Interventions

Information. (Risk frequency information presented in one of four ways). There are four arms to the trial. Participants read the information about the medicines and then answer some questions about i

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adults (aged 16 or over) accessing the study via two pages (http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/treatment/cancer-drugs/paclitaxel AND http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/treatment/cancer-drugs/) on the Cancer Help UK website.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Estimated frequency of any side effect occurring 2. Estimates frequency of 5 individual side effects	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Estimated severity and degree of harm from the side effects 2. Participants' numeracy	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026