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CancerNCT04592224

Cancer Information Your Way: Get What You Need to Make Your Decisions

An observational study of Cancer, run by University of Southampton at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

People diagnosed with cancer may face many difficult decisions regarding their care and preferences. This may be particularly challenging when the cancer cannot be cured. It is therefore hugely important that patients have the information they need so that they can be involved in these decisions and in their care. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Cancer
How many people
21 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
12 Nov 2020to 30 Nov 2021
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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

Study population: Patients diagnosed with incurable malignancy of any site, identified by their healthcare professionals as potentially having difficulties with health literacy

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosis of incurable malignancy of any site (as identified by their treating oncologist and may be characterised by eligibility for or receipt of treatment with palliative intent)
  • Identified by a member of the healthcare team as potentially having difficulties with health literacy
  • Capacity to provide informed consent
  • English as the main language

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Poole Hospital

    Poole, Dorset

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About this study

Official title: Cancer Information Your Way: Get What You Need to Make Your Decisions - a Qualitative Study of Decision Making by Patients With Lower Health Literacy Receiving Care for Incurable Cancer

People diagnosed with cancer may face many difficult decisions regarding their care and preferences. This may be particularly challenging when the cancer cannot be cured. It is therefore hugely important that patients have the information they need so that they can be involved in these decisions and in their care.

This qualitative interview study aims to hear from patients who might have found that the information they were given wasn't easy to understand, or who haven't been able to get involved in their care as much as they would have liked. We hope to learn from these experiences in order to improve the way patients are given information and supported to become involved in their care.

Read the detailed description

Participants will be identified by healthcare professionals and invited to take part in a single interview either by phone or video call, lasting around an hour.

Interviews will be semi-structured and follow a topic guide, exploring how participants have been given information, how decisions have been made, and any particular challenges they may have faced.

Consent will also be sought for collection of demographic and disease data from the participant's medical record

Conditions
Cancer
Keywords
Health literacy
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What is being measured

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

  1. Semi-structured interviews

    To explore how best to support decision making by patients with lower health literacy receiving care for incurable cancer, acknowledging the implications COVID-19 will have for future care delivery.

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Oct 2020
  2. Study start12 Nov 2020
  3. Primary completion30 Nov 2021
  4. Study completion30 Nov 2021

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More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
21 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04592224
Sponsor's protocol ID
60486
Status last verified
Jul 2022
First submitted
15 Oct 2020
Last updated
20 Jul 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cancer, run by University of Southampton at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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 4 inclusion and 0 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 20 Jul 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Semi-structured interviews (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 20 Jul 2022.

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