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Using Visual Arrays to Support Understanding of Genetic Risk

NCT06994832 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1045

Last updated 2026-02-18

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Summary

The goal of this study is to understand how people understand risk from genetic testing. The investigators want to understand what visual aid best helps people accurately assess risk. The investigators also want to understand how people relate risk to their health. The main questions the study aims to answer are:

1. Which visual aid most accurately show genetic risk?
2. How do people perceive risk related to genetic test results?
3. What factors are associated with people discussing their results with family?

Participants will:

1. receive of of two visual aids showing risk
2. state their estimation of risk
3. answer questions about how they feel about risk and sharing information with family

Conditions

  • Decision Aid

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Visual Array

Single side-by-side visual array

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative Visual Array

Evolving narrative with sequential visual arrays

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Stephanie B. Seminara, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew A Dwyer, PhD · Boston College

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-28
Primary Completion
2025-08-18
Completion
2025-08-18

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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