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

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Metastatic Cancer, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00244868

Run by

Fox Chase Cancer Center

People needed

720

Starts

2003-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-01-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• MBCCOP - Meharry Medical College - Nashville — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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