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NCT Number: NCT06927050

Visual Communication: Digital Tool to Improve the Understanding of Treatment Options for Patients With Cancer and Increase Satisfaction of the Overall Experience for Patients, Caregivers, and Providers

This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Neoplasms

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

NYU Langone Health

New York, 10016, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Patients:

  • Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025
  • Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old
  • Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck
  • English speaking patients
  • Patients being treated with definitive intent
  • Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy
  • Willing and able to provide consent

Caregivers:

  • Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and exclusion criteria above.
  • Willing and able to provide consent

Providers:

  • Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical oncology and radiation oncology, and in the ear nose throat (ENT) department.
  • Willing and able to provide consent
  • aged 18 years to 100 years old

Exclusion criteria

Patients:

  • Patients with any other site of disease other than listed above
  • Non-English-speaking patients, as the tool is currently available in English only. Translation into additional languages such as Spanish and Russian is currently in process.
  • Patient unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently

Caregivers:

  • Unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently

Treatment and study plan

Visual Communication Tool

Behavioral

MyCareGorithm will be used during the patient consultation encounter to explain their disease location and stage, role of radiation, logistics of radiation treatment delivery and sequencing of treatment. MyCareGorithm is an online educational tool that will be displayed to the patient via iPad or Microsoft tablet.

Other names: MyCareGorithm

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of "Satisfied" Patients

    Time frame: Day 0

    Patients will take a 9-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; patients with 6 or more "Yes" answers out of 9 questions are defined as "Satisfied" patients.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of "Satisfied" Caregivers

    Time frame: Day 0

    Caregivers of patients (if applicable) will take a 10-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; caregivers with 7 or more "Yes" answers out of 10 questions will be defined as "Satisfied" caregivers.

  2. Percentage of "Satisfied" Providers

    Time frame: Day 0

    For each patient encountered, providers will take a 5-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; a provider with 3 or more "Yes" answers out of 5 questions for a patient will be defined as a "Satisfied" provider for this patient.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Jason Domogauer, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

(212) 501-5003

Julie Xiao

CONTACT

[email protected]

(646) 501-2918

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Visual Communication: Can a Digital Tool Improve the Understanding of Treatment Options for Patients With Cancer and Increase Satisfaction of the Overall Experience for Patients, Caregivers, and Providers?

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Apr 15, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 25, 2026

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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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