Measuring Patient Expectations for Thyroid Surgery

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Thyroid Cancer

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01412762

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

138

Starts

2011-07-01

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥18 years
• English speaking
• Patients with confirmed thyroid malignancy confirmed by preoperative fine needle biopsy (any stage) planned for surgical excision

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to speak or understand English
• Inability to provide meaningful informed consent due to physical, cognitive, or psychiatric disability
• Prior thyroid surgery
• Prior radioactive iodine treatment, external beam radiation or chemotherapy

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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