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All sites with be randomized to implement the nudge at different points in time. Prospective data with be compared with each site's respective baseline numbers over a two-year period.

Electronic health record nudge which prompts physicians to order plasma-based NGS testing for eligible patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer.

iNUDGE

Meagan Hume, MPH

Shayma Kazmi, MD

Ramy Sedhom, MD

Samuel J Kerr, MD

Christopher A D'Avella, MD

Christine Ciunci, MD

Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH

This study expands the application of an electronic health record (EHR) "nudge" used to prompt physicians' clinical practice to order molecular testing at the time of initial diagnosis for patients with specific types of advanced lung cancer. The primary goal is to have these test results available prior to starting treatment so that physicians can make molecularly-informed treatment decisions. The second goal is to better understand factors that contribute to whether or not the EHR-nudge implementation is successful.

At the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), a behavioral economics (BE) informed "nudge" strategy was piloted to guide physicians' clinical practice to include concurrent use of plasma and tissue-based next generation sequencing (NGS) testing at the time of initial diagnosis for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic non-squamous (mNSq) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). These findings have demonstrated that behavioral, electronic health record (EHR)-based nudges are feasible and can promote guideline concordant diagnostic testing at both community and academic sites. The overarching goal of this current trial is to expand the application of this BE informed nudge approach, which has been operationalized within Epic, the EHR used at UPHS, to six satellite hospitals.

Our central hypothesis is that this approach will dramatically increase adoption of comprehensive molecular testing and enhance the delivery of molecularly informed 1L therapy in patients with newly diagnosed mNSq NSCLC.

Molecular testing will be defined as i) comprehensive: EGFR, ALK, BRAF, ROS1, MET, RET, and NTRK testing, ii) incomplete: \<6 genes tested, and iii) no testing performed. Clinically actionable mutations will be defined as an alteration in one of the seven genes on the comprehensive gene list with an FDA approved targeted therapy in the 1L setting, plus KRAS G12C, EGFR exon 20 insertion, and ErbB2 mutations. Molecularly informed first line therapy will be defined as one that is informed by results of NGS, obtained by plasma, tissue or both.

Intervention

An EHR-based nudge intervention that allows for default placement of a plasma based molecular genotyping order at time of the first new patient visit will be implemented. Subsequently, results detected on the default plasma NGS order will be conveyed to providers in the form of an electronic clinical decision support notification.

As part of the downstream EHR-based nudge intervention workflow, an electronic clinical decision support (e-CDS) system for alterations detected on plasma genotyping will be created and implemented into the EHR as a "Research (non-chargeable) Encounter" to alert the provider team caring for the patient. This support program will be created to notify clinicians of targetable mutations, as well as absence of mutations detected on plasma testing as a means of improving the timely delivery of molecularly informed therapy.

Study Design

Objective 1: In a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial of patients with newly diagnosed mNSq NSCLC, test the effectiveness of a behavioral economics (BE) informed EHR nudge intervention to increase timely receipt of comprehensive molecular test results before 1L therapy by integration of concurrent tissue and plasma molecular testing.

The design of this trial will include 3 clusters, representing 6 community hospitals. There will be an initial period in which no clusters are exposed to the intervention. Subsequently, at regular intervals (the "steps") one cluster (or a group of clusters) will be randomized to cross from the control to the intervention under evaluation. This process will continue until all clusters have crossed over to be exposed to the intervention. At the end of the study there will be a period when all clusters are exposed. Data collection will continue throughout the study, so that each cluster will contribute observations under both control and intervention observation periods. Two years of baseline data will be obtained from all study sites for comparison.

Objective 2: Evaluate contextual mechanisms contributing to the adoption, reach, and effectiveness of EHR nudge interventions with a lens for health equity.

Using rigorous approaches proven successful in our prior work, the investigators will recruit 10-15 patient and clinician participants from each site (estimated 40-60 participants total) to complete semi-structured interviews following the active trial period. The goal of this objective is to understand contextual mechanisms (e.g., patient, clinician, clinic, structural factors) shaping adoption, reach, and effectiveness of each intervention and identify how response may differ by race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other key social determinants of health. These data will be analyzed using qualitative comparative analysis, a mixed method approach well suited to identify mechanisms in pragmatic trials with smaller sample sizes.

This study employs a stepped-wedge cluster randomized clinical trial design. Randomization will occur at the group (site) level. Sites will be turned on according to the stepped-wedge cluster randomized design but will run in parallel.

This intervention is directed towards physicians. Individuals will not be randomized.

Liquid Biopsy Based NGS in Newly Diagnosed NSCLC

iNUDGE: INtegration of liqUiD Biopsy Based Next Generation Gene sEquencing in Newly Diagnosed NSCLC - A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

A Clinical Study Report will be made available to the study sponsor.

Were comprehensive molecular test results available prior to initiation of 1L therapy? (Yes/No)

Amongst eligible patients, calculate the proportion of patients for whom the EHR nudge fired successfully (Yes/No). Applicable for the patients enrolled in the time periods following randomization.

Reported as number of days, median. Applicable for the patients enrolled in the time periods following randomization.

Relative and absolute change in completion of comprehensive testing by tissue and plasma, plasma alone, or tissue alone will be tabulated.

Summarize reasons for failure of completion of testing i. Tissue related (QNS) ii. Patient related factors (unable to biopsy, patient declined biopsy etc.) iii. Assay related factors (plasma assay does not detect mutations) iv. Other

i. Calculated as time to therapy from the date of diagnosis of Stage IV disease (date of biopsy) ii. Calculated as time to therapy from the date of first new patient visit with medical oncology

i. Targeted therapy ii. Chemo-immunotherapy iii. Immunotherapy iv. Clinical trial or n v. None

i. Time from initial diagnosis to date of death or last follow up. ii. 1 year and 2-year overall survival rates will be calculated for the intervention group, and compared to baseline.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Liquid Biopsy Based NGS in Newly Diagnosed NSCLC	NCT05853887	Non Small Cell ... Newly Diagnosed... Non-Squamous No...	iNUDGE	-	Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Liquid Biopsy Based NGS in Newly Diagnosed NSCLC	NCT05853887	Non Small Cell ... Newly Diagnosed... Non-Squamous No...	iNUDGE	-	Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

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