Use of a Video Decision Tool to Improve Informed Decision-Making in Hospitalized Patients Considering Palliative Radiation Therapy

Metastatic Cancer or Locally Advanced Clinical Trial

Official title:

Use of a Video Decision Tool to Improve Informed Decision-Making in Hospitalized Patients Considering Palliative Radiation Therapy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01667965
• Other study ID #: 12-172
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 15, 2012
• Last updated: July 13, 2015
• Start date: August 2012
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: July 2015
• Source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness and acceptability of a recently created informative video geared for patients who have been evaluated by a radiation oncologist for palliative radiation therapy during a hospitalization at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Palliative radiation therapy is radiation therapy that is given to patients with the purpose of easing symptoms from cancer. It is not given with the intent to cure the cancer. The video presents basic information about palliative radiation and palliative care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 43
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age =18 years

• Eligible for palliative radiation to the brain, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, skin, or bone as per the judgment of the radiation oncologist or nurse practitioner

• Patient is English-speaking and able to give informed consent and fill out study questionnaires

• Hospitalized at MSKCC

• Pathologically confirmed malignancy

• Cancer is metastatic or locally advanced, and is not curable

• Patients who may undergo radiation at a satellite facility are still eligible for protocol enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who have seen the video beforehand

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Metastatic Cancer or Locally Advanced
• Neoplasm Metastasis
• Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• questionnaires
Questionnaires will be given before the patient watches a video educational tool to aid informed consent about palliative radiation therapy; and (2) after the patient watches the video educational tool. (3) If the patient receives PRT, a final questionnaire that assesses the patient's impression of the video will also be administered at the conclusion of radiation therapy.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	create an effective video decision aid	Effectiveness of the video tool will be assessed by the following measures before and after watching the video. The pre- and post-assessment design comparing uncertainty, knowledge and preference scores of a video explaining palliative radiation and palliative care.	1 year	No

External Links

•   Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center