Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Cancer
Brief summary
The investigators will leverage e-technologies to provide an online version of the Question Prompt LIst (QPL-CT), that patients access via available iPads, enabling both the real-time prioritizing of patient questions as well as the seamless delivery of these questions to their treating physician (and other members of their clinical team) via the VCU Health System (VCUHS) patient portal, and the electronic medical record (EMR) prior to a consultation to discuss a clinical trial
Detailed description
The investigators propose to conduct pilot work to inform our knowledge of optimal methods of utilizing QPLs and will use the QPL-CT as an example. The investigators will leverage e-technologies to provide an online version of the QPL-CT, that patients access via available iPads, enabling both the real-time prioritizing of patient questions as well as the seamless delivery of these questions to their treating physician (and other members of their clinical team) via the VCU Health System (VCUHS) patient portal, and the EMR prior to a consultation to discuss a clinical trial. The investigators will use a pilot randomized clinical trial design to demonstrate the efficacy of the online QPL-CT versus a paper and pencil QPL-CT to increase question asking, patient understanding of trial information and reduce patients conflict over their upcoming decision to join a trial
Interventions
BEHAVIORALQPL-CT
Use the QPL-CT to prioritize questions
Sponsors
Virginia Commonwealth University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Cancer diagnosis * Fluent in English * eligible for a therapeutic clinical trial * Patients of recruited oncologists
Exclusion criteria
* Healthy subjects * Not eligible for a therapeutic clinical trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Online QPL-CT to Oncologist | 30 days | Use online QPL-CT to prioritize their questions and the prioritized list will be conveyed to their oncologist. Investigators will evaluate the efficacy of the online QPL-CT to increase question asking, patient understanding of trial information and reduce patients conflict over their upcoming decision to join a trial. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Impact of providing physicians patient's QPL-CT | 30 days | Examine the impact of providing physicians their patient's prioritized QPL-CT on information provision and decision making process as measured by the Decision Analysis System for Oncology |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Test the feasibility of using the online QPL-CT for patients and physicians | 30 days | Patients will complete an exit interview at the completion of patient's consultation asking about the patient's impressions of the online QPL-CT including its ease of use and the patient's perceptions of its influence on consultation communication. Physicians will complete a brief interview on one occasion at the completion of patient recruitment asking about the impact of the prioritized QPL-CT on consultation communication. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed