Clinical trial NCT02020252: Effect of Multi-Media Tool on Enrollment in Oncology Clinical Trials
Official title: A Pilot Investigation to Examine the Effect of a Multi-Media, Computer Based Tool (Talking Touchscreen) on Enrollment in Adult Oncology-Specific Clinical Trials at an Academic Medical Center
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Lung Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Keywords: clinical trials enrollment
communication
low health literacy
health disparities
Lead sponsor: University of Chicago
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Northwestern University
name: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
First posted: 2013-12-24
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients at the University of Chicago Medical Center

Brief summary: The purpose of this research study is to test a touchscreen computer program, which allows patients to see information on a computer screen regarding cancer care, and specifically clinical trials. The purpose of this research is to help the investigators learn more about how to use technology in the medical setting to improve health outcomes.

Detailed description: Enrollment in therapeutic cancer trials remains low, and is especially challenging for patients with low health literacy. The purpose of this project is to pilot a multi-media technology intervention designed for patients with diverse health literacy skills with the aim of improving patient receptiveness, willingness, knowledge, self-efficacy, and positive attitudes regarding clinical trials. The intervention is comprised of multi-media touchscreen computer program components for clinical trial education and assessment of patient-reported outcomes. Patients presenting for their first oncology appointment were eligible. Patients viewed an interactive teaching video concerning clinical trials that was adapted from the National Institutes of Health. Validated surveys assessing receptiveness, willingness, knowledge, self-efficacy, and positive attitudes regarding clinical trials were administered before and after the test.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult, English-speaking women and men
* Newly diagnosed with lung, gastric or pancreatic cancer
* Coming to the University of Chicago outpatient oncology clinics for their first oncology visit

There are no Exclusion Criteria.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Clinical Trials Attitudes, Knowledge, and Interest
timeFrame: Immediately after the visit.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Evaluate the Feasibility and Acceptability of Multi-media Technology.
timeFrame: Immediately after the visit.
measure: Clinical Trial Participation
timeFrame: About 6 months after the interview with participant.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
name: Blase Polite, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Polite BN, Cipriano-Steffens TM, Liao C, Miller EL, Arndt NL, Hahn EA. Investigation of a multimedia, computer-based approach to improve knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and receptivity to cancer clinical trials among newly diagnosed patients with diverse health literacy skills. Cancer. 2019 Jun 15;125(12):2066-2075. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31991. Epub 2019 Feb 27.