Measuring Patient Expectations for Thyroid Surgery

Measuring Patient Expectations for Thyroid Surgery: Development of a Patient-Reported Outcomes Instrument

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01412762

Enrollment

138

Registered

2011-08-09

Start date

2011-07-01

Completion date

2027-07-01

Last updated

2026-08-05

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Conditions

Thyroid Cancer

Keywords

Surgery, interview, 11-087

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about what patients undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer expect from their surgery. Your input may help us to better prepare and inform patients about their disease and its treatment.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALpatient interviews

The pre-operative interview will be within 4 weeks of planned surgery and the postoperative interview within 8 weeks of surgery completion. This initial study is designed to develop an instrument to measure patient preoperative expectations in this patient population.

BEHAVIORALCITSAV survey

Individual semi-structured qualitative interviews will be conducted with a total of 10 patients and 5 clinicians during this phase to identify and discuss levels of satisfaction, level of burden, potential obstacles to implementation, as well as suggestions for improving the intervention

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥18 years * English speaking * Patients with confirmed thyroid malignancy confirmed by preoperative fine needle biopsy (any stage) planned for surgical excision

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to speak or understand English * Inability to provide meaningful informed consent due to physical, cognitive, or psychiatric disability * Prior thyroid surgery * Prior radioactive iodine treatment, external beam radiation or chemotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
To establish a patient-reported outcomes tool for measuring preoperative expectations in patients undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer.	2 year	This will be done by conducting qualitative semistructured interviews with 15 thyroid cancer patients (pre- and postoperatively) to identify recurring themes about their expectations regarding thyroid surgery.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSnehal Patel, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 6, 2026