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Metastatic Pancreatic CancerNCT03602885

EL CENTRO: Engaging Latinos in the Center of Cancer Treatment Options

A study testing Usual chemotherapy education (CE) and Chemotherapy education intervention (CEI) in people with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 5 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The objective of this study is to improve the chemotherapy decision making process for Latinos with advanced gastrointestinal cancers. In this study Latinos who are considering 1st line chemotherapy for newly diagnosed advanced colorectal or pancreatic cancer will be randomized to usual care or to usual care… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 years and older
What is being tested?
Usual chemotherapy education (CE) and Chemotherapy education intervention (CEI)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
10 participants
Where
5 sitesUnited States
Study dates
1 Sep 2018to 27 Nov 2020
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 21 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

None listed.

Who cannot join

  • For mCRC patients: Patients with oligometastatic disease who have a definitive plan for curative surgical resection are not eligible.
  • Significant delirium/dementia as judged by the treating oncologist

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 1 country.

5 sites in 1 country

United States5 sites
  • University of New Mexico Cancer Center

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida, 33612

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About this study

Official title: EL CENTRO: Engaging Latinos in the Center of Cancer Treatment Options - RCT of Usual Chemotherapy Educational Tools Versus Investigational Chemotherapy Educational Tools

The objective of this study is to improve the chemotherapy decision making process for Latinos with advanced gastrointestinal cancers. In this study Latinos who are considering 1st line chemotherapy for newly diagnosed advanced colorectal or pancreatic cancer will be randomized to usual care or to usual care supplemented by a Spanish/English language multimedia chemotherapy educational intervention. Primary informal caregivers will also be invited to participate.

This research study is evaluating if a new set of educational materials will improve the treatment decision-making process for Latinos with advanced gastrointestinal cancers. This research study will involve about 154 patients and 154 caregivers.

Read the detailed description

There is growing evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in the quality of communication between oncologists and Latinos with cancer. These communication disparities are evidenced by gaps in Latino's understanding of their condition and treatment options, and by worse satisfaction with provider communication. Limited English proficiency and health literacy are very common among Latinos, yet few interventions have been developed to help Latino cancer patients better understand their condition and treatment options.

In this study the investigators have partnered with Latino patients, providers, and researchers to develop a Spanish/English language intervention aimed at better informing Latinos with advanced gastrointestinal cancers about the risks and benefits of their chemotherapy options. Specifically, the intervention consists of a dual language, regimen-specific suite of videos and booklets explaining the most common chemotherapy options used to treat advanced colorectal cancer and advanced pancreatic cancer. The videos feature Latino patients describing their experiences on treatment, as well as clinicians describing factual information about treatment risks, benefits, and alternatives.

In this study, self-identifying Hispanic/Latino patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer considering treatment with first line chemotherapy will be randomized to the usual care, or to usual care supplemented by access to the relevant chemotherapy educational materials. Caregivers will also be enrolled on the study. Participants will be surveyed at baseline, 2-weeks post-treatment initiation, 2-3 months post-treatment initiation, and 4-6 months post-treatment initiation regarding their understanding of chemotherapy risks and benefits, decisional conflict, and other metrics of informed decision-making.

Being tested
Usual chemotherapy education (CE), Chemotherapy education intervention (CEI)
Keywords
Gastrointestinal Cancer, cancer, palliative, chemotherapy, metastatic, colorectal, pancreatic, communication, informed consent, video, education, oncology, patient-centered, outcomes research
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms, Colorectal Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Communication

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Usual chemotherapy education (CE)Behavioural

    Standard chemo education will given per hospital guideline

  • Chemotherapy education intervention (CEI)Behavioural

    Video, booklet, and website educational materials

Study groups in NCT03602885
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Chemotherapy education intervention armExperimentalPatients randomized to the chemotherapy education intervention (CEI) arm will be given regimen specific written and video chemotherapy educational materials developed by the study team. The treating oncologist will identify which chemotherapy regimen(s) are being considered, in order to select the appropriate chemotherapy educational tool(s) to give the patient. The patient may be given more than one CEI tool if they are considering more than one regimen. Patients randomized to the intervention arm may receive the intervention in addition to OR in place of the standard institutionally approved chemotherapy information sheets (both are acceptable); this is at the discretion of the treating site or the treating physician.
Receives: Behavioral: Chemotherapy education intervention (CEI)
Usual chemotherapy education armActive comparatorPatients randomized to the usual chemotherapy education (CE) arm will undergo the standard institutional practice of chemotherapy education. The oncologist may also choose to give the patient the institutionally approved chemotherapy information sheets according to site-specific policies and clinical practice.
Receives: Behavioral: Usual chemotherapy education (CE)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants With Accurate Understanding of Chemotherapy Benefits at 8-12 Weeks

    Participants were asked how likely they thought chemotherapy was to cure their cancer (response options: very likely, somewhat likely, a little likely, not at all likely, don't know). Not at all likely is considered accurate, all other responses are considered inaccurate.

    Measured: 8-12 weeks

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Understanding of Chemotherapy Risks

    Participants will be asked to rate the likelihood that they would experience specific side effects as a result of the chemotherapy under consideration (fatigue, nausea/vomiting, neuropathy, myalgias/arthralgias, hair loss, diarrhea). Patients' responses will be correlated to the known side effect profile of their chemotherapy regimen. Participants who are accurate on all questions will be considered to have accurate knowledge.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  2. Communication Satisfaction as Measured by 5 Items From the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey

    Communication satisfaction: will be assessed by five communication satisfaction items from the cancer specific version of the Consumer Assessment for Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS): "How often did your doctors...listen carefully to you, explain things in a way you could understand, give you as much information as you wanted about your cancer treatments, encourage you to ask all the questions you had, and treat you with courtesy and respect?" Options: always, usually, sometimes, or never. Patient responses will be summed, with possible score of 0-100 (with higher scores indicating better communication). Patients will complete this assessment at the post-decision and 3-month survey, but our primary analysis for this outcome will consider the post-decision assessment because it is most proximate to chemotherapy decision-making and exposure to the intervention.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  3. Satisfaction With Chemotherapy Educational Materials Assessed on a 5-point Likert Scale.

    At the post-decision assessment, patients in the intervention arm will be asked to rate their satisfaction with the investigational chemotherapy educational materials with the following item: "Please think about the booklet, video, and website together. How would you rate them as a whole?" with response options on a 5-point likert scale where higher scores indicate greater satisfaction. (range: 1-5, 5 is best) Patients could alternatively choose "don't know, or I did not review them."

    Patients in the control arm will be asked to rate chemotherapy educational materials they were given with the same response options.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  4. Decisional Conflict as Measured by the 4-item SURE

    Decisional conflict will be assessed by the SURE test of Legare et al, which includes 4 items assessing whether patients feel (yes/no) 1) sure of their decision, 2) understand benefits and risks of each option, 3) are clear about which risks and benefits matter most to them, and 4) if they have enough support for the decision. Scores range from 0-4, with lower scores indicating more decisional conflict. Scores of 3 or less are considered positive for the presence of decisional conflict.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  5. Achievement of Preferred Role in Treatment Decision Making Process, as Measured by Degner's Control Preferences Scale

    Whether patients achieved their preferred role in decision-making will be assessed by the two-item Degner's Control Preferences Scale (CPS) which assesses and compares patients' preferred role (baseline) and achieved role (post-decision) decision-making.

    At baseline patients are asked so select among 5 options their preferred decision-making role - with two options representing an active role, two representing a passive role, and one representing shared decision-making. At post-decision, patients indicate what role they played in their treatment decision, with 5 similarly worded options representing active, passive, or shared decision-making.

    Patients whose preferred decision-making role (passive, shared, or active) matches their achieved role (passive, shared, or active) will be considered to have achieved their preferred role in their treatment decision.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  6. Decisional Regret

    Patient decisional regret will be assessed with Brehaut's 5-item Decisional Regret Scale. In this scale patients respond to a series of 5 questions about their recent treatment decision, with response options ranging from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly agree) on a 5-point likert scale. Two items are reverse-code, averaged, and converted to a 0-100 scale by subtracting 1 and multiplying by 25. A score of 100 indicates maximal regret.

    Measured: 3 months

  7. Discussions About End-of-life Care Preferences With Healthcare Proxy and Care Team

    At 8-12 weeks and 6 months, patients will indicate whether they have designated a healthcare proxy, or discussed end-of-life wishes with their physicians or proxy.

    Measured: 3 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jul 2018
  2. Study start1 Sep 2018
  3. Primary completion27 Nov 2020
  4. Study completion27 Nov 2020

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03602885
Sponsor's protocol ID
18-128
Other IDs
U54CA156732-06A1
Status last verified
Dec 2021
First submitted
9 Jul 2018
Last updated
11 Jan 2022
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Weeks JC, Catalano PJ, Cronin A, Finkelman MD, Mack JW, Keating NL, Schrag D. Patients' expectations about effects of chemotherapy for advanced cancer. N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 25;367(17):1616-25. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204410.

    PubMed 23094723
  • Degner LF, Sloan JA, Venkatesh P. The Control Preferences Scale. Can J Nurs Res. 1997 Fall;29(3):21-43.

    PubMed 9505581
  • Mazor KM, Street RL Jr, Sue VM, Williams AE, Rabin BA, Arora NK. Assessing patients' experiences with communication across the cancer care continuum. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Aug;99(8):1343-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.03.004. Epub 2016 Mar 6.

    PubMed 26979476
  • Legare F, Kearing S, Clay K, Gagnon S, D'Amours D, Rousseau M, O'Connor A. Are you SURE?: Assessing patient decisional conflict with a 4-item screening test. Can Fam Physician. 2010 Aug;56(8):e308-14.

    PubMed 20705870
  • Brehaut JC, O'Connor AM, Wood TJ, Hack TF, Siminoff L, Gordon E, Feldman-Stewart D. Validation of a decision regret scale. Med Decis Making. 2003 Jul-Aug;23(4):281-92. doi: 10.1177/0272989X03256005.

    PubMed 12926578

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Usual chemotherapy education (CE) and Chemotherapy education intervention (CEI) in people with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 5 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 0 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jan 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 11 Jan 2022). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants With Accurate Understanding of Chemotherapy Benefits at 8-12 Weeks (time frame: 8-12 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03602885, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Jan 2022.

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