Cost Talk: Discussing Cancer Care Costs
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- participants needed
- 200
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- sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an encounter decision aid (used during a consultation) containing cost information about options, combined with clinician training about cost discussions and available financial resources, influence surgeon-patient cost conversations, referrals to address costs, patients' financial stress, and high-quality decision-making for patients with slow-growing prostate cancer.
Description
The study will use a stepped wedge design to evaluate the encounter decision aid. Each participating urologic surgeon will begin in the usual care arm of the study. Subsequently, the surgeons will be randomized to the intervention arm at staggered time points to undergo training and begin using the decision aid intervention with patients who are diagnosed with slow-growing prostate cancer. This study will consist of two aims. The first aim is to examine the use of an encounter decision aid with cost information on the presence and impact of out-of-pocket cost conversations. The investigators will train participating clinicians on how to use the decision aid intervention and available financial resources. With patient and clinician consent, the investigators will audio record clinical encounters and measure cost conversations using a previously-developed checklist to code transcripts derived from the audio recordings. Patients can still participate if they do not consent to audio recording as these topics will be assessed in the self-report survey after their clinic or virtual visit. The second aim will examine the impact of an encounter decision aid with cost information on high-quality decision-making. The investigators will collect a post-visit questionnaire from participating patients, including patient-reported measures of decisional conflict, decision regret, and the shared decision-making process. Participants will be sent a follow-up questionnaire 3 months after their initial study enrollment to assess decision regret and financial toxicity.
Details
| Condition | Malignant neoplasm of prostate, Prostatic disorder |
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| Age | 18years - 100years |
| Treatment | Option Grid Decision Aid |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT04397016 |
| Sponsor | Washington University School of Medicine |
| Last Modified on | 19 February 2024 |
How to participate?
Additional screening procedures may be conducted by the study team before you can be confirmed eligible to participate.
Learn moreIf you are confirmed eligible after full screening, you will be required to understand and sign the informed consent if you decide to enroll in the study. Once enrolled you may be asked to make scheduled visits over a period of time.
Learn moreComplete your scheduled study participation activities and then you are done. You may receive summary of study results if provided by the sponsor.
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