Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVisual Communication Tool
MyCareGorithm will be used during the patient consultation encounter to explain their disease location and stage, role of radiation, logistics of radiation treatment delivery and sequencing of treatment. MyCareGorithm is an online educational tool that will be displayed to the patient via iPad or Microsoft tablet.
Sponsors
NYU Langone Health
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients: * Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025 * Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old * Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck * English speaking patients * Patients being treated with definitive intent * Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy * Willing and able to provide consent Caregivers: * Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and
Exclusion criteria
above. * Willing and able to provide consent Providers: * Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical oncology and radiation oncology, and in the ear nose throat (ENT) department. * Willing and able to provide consent * aged 18 years to 100 years old
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of "Satisfied" Patients | Day 0 | Patients will take a 9-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; patients with 6 or more "Yes" answers out of 9 questions are defined as "Satisfied" patients. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of "Satisfied" Caregivers | Day 0 | Caregivers of patients (if applicable) will take a 10-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; caregivers with 7 or more "Yes" answers out of 10 questions will be defined as "Satisfied" caregivers. |
| Percentage of "Satisfied" Providers | Day 0 | For each patient encountered, providers will take a 5-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; a provider with 3 or more "Yes" answers out of 5 questions for a patient will be defined as a "Satisfied" provider for this patient. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTJason Domogauer, MD, PhD
CONTACTJulie Xiao
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJason Domogauer, MD, PhD
NYU Langone Health
Outcome results
None listed