Clinical trials: Patient Communication
Chronic Pain, Pain
Literacy-Adapted Psychosocial Treatments for Chronic Pain --- "Learning About Mastering/My Pain"
Chronic pain is a significant public health problem that affects over 116 million Americans, costs $600 billion annually, and is unequally borne by people in low-income brackets, especially ethnic minorities.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Pain, Widespread Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Trial name
- LAMP (NCT01967342)
- Testing
- Pain Ed, CBT for Pain, Usual Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 290 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Improving Diabetic Patient Health Through Assistive-Reading Technology
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) affects over 30 million Americans and requires patients to competently manage their conditions at home.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT05337306
- Testing
- GogyUp Reader
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GogyUp Inc
Health Communication
Information Visualizations to Facilitate HIV-related Patient-provider Communication (Info Viz: HIV)
To complete the study aims, a mixed methods study that includes a single group pretest-posttest study design will be used to pilot test the infographic intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT03616106
- Testing
- Infographic intervention
- Where
- Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Nonverbal Communication, Critical Illness
Vidatalk Communication Application: Usability, Acceptability and Efficacy Study
This Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) will deliver a comprehensive patient communication solution for communication-impaired patients in the intensive care unit that may help decrease days in delirium…
- Trial name
- NCT02921776
- Testing
- Aim 1 - VidaTalk - post-extubation, Aim 2 - VidaTalk - intubated, Aim 3 - VidaTalk tablet app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
A Patient-Centered Communication Tool (UR-GOAL) Versus Usual Care for Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Their Caregivers, and Their Oncologists
The objective of this study is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the UR-GOAL tool in improving shared decision making and communication between older patients with AML and their oncologists in a pilot randomized trial.
- Trial name
- UR-GOAL 2 (NCT05335369)
- Testing
- UR-GOAL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Patient Engagement, Physician's Role
Creating a Zone of Openness to Increase Patient-Centered Care
This study implements a simple evidence-based patient activation intervention - "Ask 3 Questions"- augmented by a novel theory-based intervention - "Open Communication" - aimed at activating patients and healthcare providers.
- Conditions
- Patient Engagement, Physician's Role, Physician-Patient Relationship
- Trial name
- NCT02522286
- Testing
- Ask 3 Questions, Open Communication
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Improving Informed Consent for Palliative Chemotherapy
Patients are routinely asked to sign an "informed consent" document prior to starting chemotherapy, indicating they understand the risks and benefits of treatment.
- Conditions
- Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02282722
- Testing
- Investigational informed consent for chemotherapy, Usual, standard-of-care informed consent for chemotherapy
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Communication
PCORI-1502-27462 Navigating High Risk Surgery: Empowering Older Adults to Ask Questions That Inform Decisions About Surgical Treatment
The investigators will perform a multi-site cluster randomized trial that uses a stepped-wedged design to compare the effectiveness of a Question Prompt List (QPL) intervention to usual care for patients considering high-risk…
- Trial name
- NCT02623335
- Testing
- QPL (question prompt list) brochure
- Volunteers
- 446 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Electronic Medical Records
Patient Centered Evaluation of Computerized Patient Records System
The VHA is a leader in electronic medical records (EMR) use for patient care. It is believed that EMR use by doctors will improve patient-centeredness of visits, and improve clinical care.
- Trial name
- PACECPRS (NCT00935584)
- Testing
- Physician training in patient-centered emr use
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8
Improving Patient-Centered Communication in Breast Cancer Through Patient and Provider Interventions
This trial studies the effectiveness of two interventions on patient reported outcomes of patient centered communication and decision making about breast cancer treatment.
- Conditions
- Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8
- Trial name
- SHARES (NCT04549571)
- Testing
- Decision Aid iCanDecide - ESE website, Decision Aid iCanDecide - S website, Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
- Where
- 27 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 614 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
HIV, Communication Research
Information Visualizations to Enhance HIV-related Communication
HIV disproportionately affects Latinos who have more infections, faster disease progression, more HIV-related deaths, and slower diagnosis and treatment than their white/majority counterparts.
- Trial name
- Info Viz: HIV (NCT04564209)
- Testing
- Info Viz for Health
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Breast Cancer Female
Addressing Sexual Concerns in Breast Cancer: Patient Intervention Study
The goal of this study is to evaluate an educational video intervention (called Starting the Conversation) aimed to enhance breast cancer patients' beliefs about and communication with respect to sexual concerns.
- Trial name
- NCT03624972
- Testing
- Starting the Conversation Video, Sexual and Menopausal Health Resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people
- Sponsor
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
Conflict, Decisional Conflict
Mychoice: Testing an Interactive mHealth Tool
Investigators aim to test a culturally diverse and patient guided mHealth decision tool called mychoice, which allows patients to explore their concerns and questions related to clinical trial participation, as well as create a…
- Trial name
- NCT03427177
- Testing
- mychoice
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 257 people
- Sponsor
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
Eye-Control Trial: Wearable Eye-Tracking Device as Means of Communication
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of use of a wearable communication device for critically ill patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and mechanically ventilated.
- Trial name
- NCT04582149
- Testing
- EyeControl Eye-tracking Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hypercholesterolemia, Coronary Artery Disease
Tailored Communication to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
The primary goal of the trial is to test the feasibility and efficacy of a cardiovascular disease quality improvement system that couples EMR-based patient identification with individually tailored patient messages.
- Conditions
- Hypercholesterolemia, Coronary Artery Disease, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT01286311
- Testing
- Direct-to-patient tailored cardiovascular risk message system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 464 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Aphasia
TMS in Aphasia Recovery
Stroke often causes substantial problems in speaking or understanding speech. Treatments for these problems are currently very limited.
- Trial name
- NCT04777214
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Parkinson's Disease
Evaluation of Intensive Language Therapy
Due to Parkinson's Disease (PD) speech and language (SL) deficits may occur. Further, the literature reports that PD patients, who have not undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS), have deficits regarding voice quality (e.g.
- Trial name
- EILT (NCT02935842)
- Testing
- Specific SL-therapy, Rhythmic Balance-Movement Training (rBMT)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Hospices, Poly Pharmacy
Standardized Patient-Centered Medication Review in Home Hospice
This is a pilot cluster randomized trial that tests the effect of a novel intervention that trains hospice staff to 1. regularly review, simplify, and align patients' prescribed medications with their goals of care as their…
- Conditions
- Hospices, Poly Pharmacy, Deprescriptions, Caregivers
- Trial name
- SPECTORx (NCT03972163)
- Testing
- NIA Medication Management - Active Comparator, STOPPFrail (Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions), "Discontinuing Medication Appropriately" and "Understanding the Art of Communication about Deprescribing"
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Respiratory Failure, Speech
Early Speech With One-Way Speaking Valve in Tracheostomy Patients
Patients with tracheostomy who are on and off of mechanical ventilation initially lose the ability to speak, and the use of one-way speaking valves (OWSV) is one method of restoring speech in these patients.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Speech, Aphonia
- Trial name
- NCT03008174
- Testing
- Early one-way speaking valve (OWSV) assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Pain, Chronic, Communication Research
Improving Communication About Pain and Opioids
The overall goal of this protocol is to pilot test a clinician training intervention that uses standardized patients (trained actors playing patient roles) as instructors who impart communication skills to primary care…
- Conditions
- Pain, Chronic, Communication Research, Opioid Use
- Trial name
- NCT03629197
- Testing
- Clinicians - Communication skills training, Clinician Control, Patient seeing trained clinician
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis