The "ToPIC" Study = Tool to Improve Participation In Clinical Trials

Completed

Conditions studied: Communication, Physician-Patient Relations

In brief

The purpose of this study is to pilot the "ToPIC" tool, a communication tool to facilitate clinical trial decision making conversations between oncologists and patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03656276

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

35

Starts

2017-03-10

Expected to finish

2018-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-11

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• (Oncologists) - All UW Health oncologists who engage with patients about treatment decisions which involve therapeutic clinical trials. Eligible oncologists may work at UW Hospital and 1 South Park and include all medical, radiation and surgical oncologists. Participation by oncologists is completely voluntary.
• (Patients)
• Any adults (over age 18)
• Seen in any UW oncology clinic
• Participated in a discussion with a participating oncologist about treatment options that included a therapeutic clinical trial.

You may not qualify if…

• (Oncologists) ToPIC Study PI
• (Patients) Non-English speaking patients. We exclude non-english speakers due to the unpredictable impacts of the translation/interpreter dynamic and the lack of a pen/paper diagram in the patient's native language. This would include deaf patients.
• Blind patients (or someone who cannot see the pen/paper diagram)
• Those who do not have capacity for decision making.
• Those offered participation in non-therapeutic intent clinical trials. This would include Phase 1 clinical trials due to the non-therapeutic intent.

Where it is running

• University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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