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Computer-Based Survey and Communication Aid in Improving Physician-Patient Communication and Treatment Decision Making in Patients With Metastatic Cancer

NCT00244868 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 720

Last updated 2013-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: A computer-based survey and communication aid may help physicians and patients to communicate better and help make treatment decisions easier.

PURPOSE: This phase III randomized clinical trial is studying how well giving a computer-based survey together with a communication aid works compared to a computer-based survey alone in improving physician-patient communication and treatment decision making in patients with metastatic cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

counseling intervention

OTHER

educational intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neal J. Meropol, MD · Fox Chase Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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