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Measuring Patient Expectations for Thyroid Surgery

NCT01412762 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 138

Last updated 2025-08-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about what patients undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer expect from their surgery. Your input may help us to better prepare and inform patients about their disease and its treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

patient interviews

The pre-operative interview will be within 4 weeks of planned surgery and the postoperative interview within 8 weeks of surgery completion. This initial study is designed to develop an instrument to measure patient preoperative expectations in this patient population.

BEHAVIORAL

CITSAV survey

Individual semi-structured qualitative interviews will be conducted with a total of 10 patients and 5 clinicians during this phase to identify and discuss levels of satisfaction, level of burden, potential obstacles to implementation, as well as suggestions for improving the intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Snehal Patel, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-07-31
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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