Educational CD-ROM Compared With Standard Informed Consent for Patients With Colorectal Cancer or a Family History of Colorectal Cancer

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Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer, Hereditary Non-polyposis Colon Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: The use of a CD-ROM may help patients with colorectal cancer or a family history of colorectal cancer make informed decisions about undergoing microsatellite instability (MSI) testing. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying an educational CD-ROM to see how well it works compared with standard informed consent to assist decision-making about MSI testing in patients with colorectal cancer or a family history of colorectal cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00450424

Run by

Fox Chase Cancer Center

People needed

239

Starts

2007-06-01

Expected to finish

2011-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-05

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Helen F. Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Hospital — Newark, Delaware, United States
• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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