Development of a Clinical Trial Specific Question Prompt List

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a Question Prompt List (QPL) about clinical trials for cancer patients and find out what cancer patients and their caregivers think of the QPL. A QPL is a list of questions patients might want to ask their doctors during their appointments.

We will conduct three focus groups to talk about using QPL's as a new way to recruit patients like you to clinical trials. The three groups will be made of patients who have and have not participated in clinical trials, their caregivers and doctors. This study is also being done to learn about how the QPL affects the question asking behavior of patients during their appointments with doctors at Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Prostate Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

focus groups

Focus group with MSKCC patients with lung, breast and prostate cancer who have taken part in clinical trials and other caregivers. This focus group will be audio recorded. During the focus group, you will discuss a Question Prompt List that will be handed out to you. You will be asked about what you think of it and if you think it would have been useful to the patient you care for in his/her experience in a clinical trial. The focus group to last from 60 to 90 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

focus groups

Focus group with MSKCC patients with lung, breast and prostate cancer who have not taken part in clinical trials and other caregivers. This focus group will be audio recorded. During the focus group, you will discuss a Question Prompt List that will be handed out to you. You will be asked about what you think of it and if you think it would be useful if the patient you care for were ever to take part in a clinical trial sometime in the future. We expect the focus group to last from 60 to 90 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

focus groups

MSKCC clinicians who work with lung, breast and prostate cancer patients. This focus group will be audio recorded. During the focus group, you will discuss a Question Prompt List that will be handed out to you. You will be asked about what you think of it and if you think it would be useful to your patients who take part in clinical trials. Expect the focus group to last from 60 to 90 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Virginia Commonwealth University

  collaborator OTHER

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Carmen Bylund, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-04-30

Primary Completion

2013-05-31

Completion

2013-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations