Communicating Health Options to Inform Care and Empower Strategic Care Planning (CHOICES): A Multi-layer Randomized Case Vignette Study.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Summary
To learn more about how the delivery of medical information affects therapy choices for participants with advanced forms of cancer.
Description
Primary Objectives • To examine how provision of medical information (risks, benefits, time toxicity, prognosis, oncologists' recommendation, and costs) affects preference for palliative systemic therapy in participants with advanced cancer. Secondary Objective • To examine how different options of medical information (risks/benefits, time toxicity, prognosis, oncologists' recommendation, and costs) affect preference for palliative systemic therapy in participants with advanced cancer. Exploratory Objective * To examine how the order of presentation of medical information affects preferenc…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of advanced solid tumor (i.e. metastatic, relapsed, and/or incurable disease) or aggressive lymphoma. * Age 18 or greater * Seen at MD Anderson Cancer Center Thoracic and Lymphoma Oncology Clinics for a follow-up visit * Been treated with at least 2 lines of palliative systemic cancer therapies Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of cognitive impairment or dementia requiring a surrogate decision maker * Non-English speaking
Interventions
- BehavioralRandomized Case Vignette Study
Particpants will complete about 16 questionnaires that will have questions about particpants quality of life, anxiety, health, andcase scenarios that are not real or based on particpants actual health situation.
Location
- MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas