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NCT Number: NCT03300284

Decision Making and Psychological Outcomes in Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer

This study is being done to understand the decision-making process regarding management choice in low-risk papillary thyroid cancer.

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Key information

Conditions

Thyroid Cancer Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Thyroid Diseases Thyroid Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Hartford Healthcare (Data Collection), Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Able to read, write, and communicate in English Patients who have been diagnosed with LR-PTC as described above
  • For Aim 1, adults with recently diagnosed LR-PTC who have not yet made a choice between surgery and AS
  • For Aim 2, adults with LR-PTC who made a decision about surgery or AS at least 3 months prior, but no more than 4 years prior to their routine follow-up visit at which they are being recruited for this study.
  • Active patients of MSK and participating institutions

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who have been diagnosed with a tumor greater than 2 cm
  • Patients with clinically suspicious lymphadenopathy in the neck
  • Patients with evidence of gross ETE after a biopsy of the papillary thyroid tumor

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaires

Behavioral

Quality of Life Questionnaires

Primary outcomes

  1. influencing decision making pre-visit

    Time frame: 3 years

    Patients will complete a pre-visit questionnaire and the patient-physician interaction during the visit will be recorded and subjected to qualitative analysis for extraction of variables representing the presence of elements of shared decision making and strength of physician influence.

  2. influencing decision making post-visit

    Time frame: 3 years

    Patients will complete a post-visit questionnaire, and the patient-physician interaction during the visit will be recorded and subjected to qualitative analysis for extraction of variables representing the presence of elements of shared decision making and strength of physician influence.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Oct 3, 2017
Registry last updated
Jul 21, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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