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Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: A Qualitative Study

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: A Qualitative Study

Official Title: A Qualitative Study of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: Integrating PROs and Decision Support Into an Electronic Record

Study ID: NCT00878267

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Interventions

Interview

Study Description

Brief Summary: The goal of this research study is to collect information to plan how to design a computer program for cancer patients receiving palliative care, their caregivers, and doctors and nurses who work in palliative care. Researchers want to learn how to make this program practical for use by future patients, caregivers, doctors, and nurses.

Detailed Description: The Computer Program: In this study, researchers will interview cancer patients receiving palliative care, their caregivers, and doctors and nurses who work in palliative care. The computer program will be designed to help doctors and nurses monitor the symptoms of patients. The program will also be designed to help doctors and nurses make decisions about how to care for patients. Interview Session: If you agree to take part in this study, you will be interviewed by a research staff member. The study chair may also attend the interview. The interview will be held at the Palliative Care outpatient clinic. The interview session will be done in 3 steps, which are described below. Each step will take about 10 minutes. First, you will read questionnaires about patient symptoms. These questionnaires are drafts of the ones that will be included in the software program. You will then look at a draft of the computer program's layout. Last, you will be interviewed. You will be asked to discuss your experiences as a patient or caregiver in reporting symptoms and health status to doctors and nurses. You will also be asked to discuss what might make the program more usable. During the interview, you may also be asked to answer sample questions on the draft questionnaires and discuss how readable you think the questions are. For example, you will discuss your opinion about the font size, text placement, and color scheme. Study Data: The interview session will be audio-taped. To protect your confidentiality, only your first name will be used during the interview session. Patients and their caregivers will also be interviewed separately to protect privacy. Patient responses will not be disclosed to caregivers, and caregiver responses will not be disclosed to patients. The patient's palliative care doctor will be told, however, if patients or caregivers show signs of emotional difficulties. When the audio recording is transcribed (typed) by the research staff, all names will be coded so that no one can be identified by name. The audio recordings will be stored in password-protected files that are available only to the study chair and staff. After the results of the study are published, the audio recordings will be destroyed by the study staff. Length of Study: Your study participation will be over after the interview session. This is an investigational study. Up to 26 participants will be enrolled in this study. This includes up to 9 patients and 9 caregivers in this part of the study, and up to 4 doctors and 4 nurses in a second part of the study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.

Eligibility

Minimum Age: 21 Years

Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: ALL

Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Locations

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Contact Details

Name: Michael A. Kallen, PhD

Affiliation: UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Useful links and downloads for this trial

Clinicaltrials.gov

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