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Lung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaNCT04946279

Decision Aid for the Improvement of Decision-Making in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

A study testing Best Practice, Informational Intervention and Questionnaire Administration in people with Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma and Stage I Lung Cancer AJCC v8, run by OHSU Knight Cancer Institute at 2 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

This clinical trial refines and tests the effect of a decision aid in improving decision-making in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Patients with cancer want to be informed about their diagnoses, treatment procedures and goals of treatment. They also seek active roles in decision-making. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
What is being tested?
Best Practice, Informational Intervention and Questionnaire Administration
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
98 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
7 Aug 2020to 14 Jan 2023
Phase
Interventional
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • PART I: Completed treatment for suspected or confirmed stage I-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
  • PART I: English fluency
  • PART II: Undergoing diagnostic work-up for suspected stage I-IV NSCLC
  • PART II: English fluency
  • PART II: > 6-month life expectancy
  • PART II: Score of > 3 on the 6-Item Screener for Cognitive Impairment

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

    Portland, Oregon, 97239

  • Portland VA Medical Center

    Portland, Oregon, 97239

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About this study

Official title: Improving Decision-Making Encounters in Lung Cancer (I DECide): A Low-Literacy Conversation Tool

This clinical trial refines and tests the effect of a decision aid in improving decision-making in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Patients with cancer want to be informed about their diagnoses, treatment procedures and goals of treatment. They also seek active roles in decision-making. Shared decision-making (SDM) is the process of clinician and patient jointly participating in a health decision after discussing the options, benefits and harms, and considering the patient's values, preferences, and circumstances. SDM can improve patient involvement in decision making, satisfaction, health care quality, and quality of life. Decision aids can improve patient knowledge, create more realistic outcome expectations; reduce decisional conflict, distress, depression and uncertainty; and improve physician-patient communication and quality of life, compared with no decision aid. This trial's main aim is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a decision aid in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Refine a conversation tool among patients with lung cancer by conducting prototype testing in an iterative process.

II. Conduct a trial at two comprehensive cancer treatment centers representing academic and Veterans Affairs medical centers.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive the conversation tool.

ARM II: Patients receive usual care.

Patients in both arms are followed up within 4-8 weeks after baseline to complete a second questionnaire.

Being tested
Best Practice, Informational Intervention, Questionnaire Administration
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Best PracticeOther

    Also called standard of care, standard therapy

    Receive usual/standard of care

  • Informational InterventionOther

    Receive conversation tool

  • Questionnaire AdministrationOther

    Ancillary studies - Baseline and follow-up questionnaires

Study groups in NCT04946279
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm I (conversation tool)ExperimentalPatients receive the conversation tool.
Receives: Other: Informational Intervention; Other: Questionnaire Administration
Arm II (usual care)Active comparatorPatients receive usual care.
Receives: Other: Best Practice; Other: Questionnaire Administration

What is being measured

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

  1. Feasibility of the conversation tool

    The number of patients enrolled divided by the number of patients offered enrollment.

    Measured: At enrollment

  2. Acceptability of the conversation tool

    The number of participants who completed the conversation tool divided by the number of participants who began the conversation tool.

    Measured: At enrollment

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Anxiety

    Assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

    Measured: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  2. Decisional conflict

    Assessed using the Decisional Conflict Scale.

    Measured: At the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  3. Decisional Regret

    Assessed using the Decisional Regret Scale.

    Measured: At the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  4. Perceived involvement in care

    Assessed using the Perceived Involvement in Care Scale.

    Measured: At the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  5. Shared decision-making quality

    Assessed using the Shared Decision Making Questionnaire.

    Measured: At the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  6. Decision making involvement

    Assessed using the Control Preferences Scale.

    Measured: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  7. Self-efficacy

    Assessed using the Decision Self-Efficacy Scale.

    Measured: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

  8. Values-treatment concordance

    Assessed using electronic medical record (EMR).

    Measured: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 8 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted30 Jun 2021
  2. Study start7 Aug 2020
  3. Primary completion13 Jan 2023
  4. Study completion14 Jan 2023

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
98 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04946279
Sponsor's protocol ID
STUDY00020688
Other IDs
NCI-2021-05887, STUDY00020688
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
23 Jun 2021
Last updated
6 Nov 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Sullivan DR, Dieckmann NF, Franklin H, Matlock DD, Coleman CA, Saha S, Golden SE, Disher NG, Slatore CG, Vranas KC, Hayes S, Lee P, Mudambi L, Eden KB. Improving Decision-Making Encounters in Lung Cancer Treatment: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Low-Literacy Conversation Tool (iDECIDE). CHEST Pulm. 2025 Jan 31;3(3):100144. doi: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2025.100144. eCollection 2025 Sep.

    PubMed 42548403

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Best Practice, Informational Intervention and Questionnaire Administration in people with Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma and Stage I Lung Cancer AJCC v8, run by OHSU Knight Cancer Institute at 2 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 6 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 6 Nov 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 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?

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?

Feasibility of the conversation tool (time frame: At enrollment). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT04946279, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 6 Nov 2026.

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