Virtual Intervention for Lung Cancer
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Lung Neoplasms
In brief
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Lung cancer is unique because of racial disparity, persistent mortality rate, and social stigma. Lung cancer stigma (LCS) and difficult patient-clinician communication may be an underlying factor in health disparities in lung cancer. The purpose of this study is to PILOT test, in a diverse sample of lung cancer patients the effectiveness of the mHealth Tool for Lung Cancer patients (mHealthTLC), an interactive, immersive 3-dimensional iPad application that allows individuals to experience first person virtual visits with their clinicians, to improve patient-clinician communication, decrease LCS, and promote optimal self-management. The study hypotheses are that patients who receive the mHealth TLC will improve their ability to communicate effectively with their clinicians and will report decreased stigma related to their lung cancer diagnosis compared to the attention control group.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01684696
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2016-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-10-11
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Inclusion criteria are >21 years old with a diagnosis of lung cancer (any type or stage), able to read and write English at 5th grade level, able to sign an IRB approved consent form, and expects to have 4 visits with the same clinician in the next 2 months.
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to understand or tolerate the battery of questionnaires due to physical or mental health issues (i.e., dementia, active psychosis).
Where it is running
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States
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