Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT03747276 |
| Other study ID # |
Information Kiosk |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Completed |
| Phase |
N/A
|
| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
July 19, 2018 |
| Est. completion date |
November 18, 2018 |
Study information
| Verified date |
November 2018 |
| Source |
Lawson Health Research Institute |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
|
Clinical Trial Summary
The proposed study will include patients with non-haematologic cancer. Eligible patients will
be invited to consent for participation in our study using standard demographic data
collection forms and patient satisfaction questionnaires.
Cancer patients interested in learning more about clinical trials would be invited to go to
the kiosk. A summer student approved and hired according to London Health Sciences Centre
LHSC/Lawson criteria will be available from 0900-1630 daily for general assistance. If the
student is overwhelmed by questions or numbers of patients, the Research Navigator or
designate would be called to assist.
An information kiosk will be placed at the patient library on the ground floor of the LRCP.
This kiosk will be outfitted with a computer and signage briefly outlining the title and
purpose of the kiosk. Cancer patients interested in learning more about clinical trials would
be invited to participate in our study by signing a consent form allowing the Research
Navigator to contact them if they expressed interest in knowing more about a clinical trial.
Description:
The proposed study will include patients with non-haematologic cancer. Eligible patients will
be invited to consent for participation in our study using standard demographic data
collection forms and patient satisfaction questionnaires.
Cancer disease site teams (DSTs) were asked to prioritize trials that open from May 1 to
Sept.30, 2018 and likely to accrue three patients over six months for major accruing tumour
sites (lung, breast, GI, GU, melanoma and symptom control/supportive care/multi-site such as
oligometastatic) and one patient over six months for other sites.
Patients are made aware of the kiosk via advertising in the facility including a card given
at registration each day outlining the existence, location and purpose of the kiosk. The
location will be marked by visual cues (banner and balloons). Cancer patients interested in
learning more about clinical trials would be invited to go to the kiosk. A summer student
approved and hired according to LHSC/Lawson criteria will be available from 0900-1630 daily
from July 3-Aug 31 for general assistance. If the student is overwhelmed by questions or
numbers of patients, the Research Navigator or designate would be called to assist.
An information kiosk will be placed at the patient library on the ground floor of the LRCP.
This kiosk will be outfitted with a computer and signage briefly outlining the title and
purpose of the kiosk. Cancer patients interested in learning more about clinical trials would
be invited to participate in our study by signing a consent form allowing the Research
Navigator to contact them if they expressed interest in knowing more about a clinical trial.
They would still be able to read a lay online or printed paper document giving them
background information on clinical trials (i.e. what is a clinical trial?) whether they
consented or not. To save on resources, the pilot will utilize general information available
to the public from the Stanford Cancer Institute Clinical Trials website at
http://med.stanford.edu/cancer/trials.html and a Canadian website
http://itstartswithme.ca/why-participate/ . Information specific to clinical trials at London
Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) will be made available by linking to an internal resource.
Patients will be asked if they would be interested in seeing brief summaries of selected
clinical trials currently available at the LRCP. They would then be asked to review a list of
possible trials they may be eligible for based on their cancer diagnosis. Patients will have
the option to click on each of the applicable trials to obtain more information including:
trial title, NCT number, a lay description, why the study is important, principal
investigator name, and a short list of eligibility criteria. Additionally, patients have the
option to send any trial information they might be interested in to their home their email
address or obtain a paper copy of the information.
Finally, at the kiosk patients who signed a consent, would have the option to submit
electronically their first/last name and DOB in order to grant permission for a member of the
Clinical Research Unit (CRU) staff, the Research Navigator, to review their request for
further clinical trial information, contact them with potential options and contact their
oncologist(s) to discuss their potential enrollment in a specific trial. This consent,
patient name and PIN numbers would then be emailed to the CRU. Alternatively, they could fill
this out on a paper form that would be dropped into a secure mailbox at the kiosk that would
be collected at the end of each day. The information would be logged on a secure electronic
database by HM and the paper documents except for consent destroyed (or kept in a secure
area). The Research Navigator would contact the patient by phone to provide further details
of the trial(s) of interest and to determine eligibility. If the patient is interested and
eligible, an indication of the clinical trial of interest would be added to the scheduling
list beside the patient's name.
After a two week run in phase, accrual, logistical and communications issues will be reviewed
to ensure the kiosk project is functioning efficiently and to review patient satisfaction.
