Novel INPUT Screening Tool to Improve Illness Understanding in Patients With Metastatic or Incurable Lung Cancer

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Lung Carcinoma; Metastatic Lung Carcinoma; Stage IV Lung Cancer AJCC v8

• Registration Number: NCT06743308
• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brief Summary

This clinical trial compares the use of a new screening tool designed to evaluate patients' information needs, preferences, and illness understanding to the usual care to improve illness understanding in patients with lung cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) or for which no curative treatment is currently available (incurable). Goal concordant care is a model of care that aligns a patient's medical care with their values, preferences, and goals. Often, patients may not fully understand their illness and prognosis, but this information is important so that they can make fully informed decisions regarding their care that are consistent with their values, preferences, and goals. Completing the Information Needs, Preferences, and Understanding Trial (INPUT) screening tool may allow for more frequent and regular discussions regarding disease status and treatment goals, ultimately resulting in improved patient illness understanding and goal concordant care for patients with metastatic or incurable lung cancer.

Detailed Description

Primary Objectives To estimate the within group effect of perception of curability over 3 months in both the systematic screening group and the usual care group among patients with metastatic or incurable lung cancer who present to the thoracic medical oncology clinic at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-12-16
• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-16
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-19
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2027-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Within 3 months of biopsy-confirmed diagnosis of stage IV lung cancer
• Age 18 or over
• English speaking
• Attending a follow-up visit at the thoracic medical oncology clinic
• Plans to receive or actively undergoing cancer-directed systemic treatment at MD Anderson

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of cognitive impairment or dementia requiring a surrogate decision maker

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in illness understanding	At 3 months	Binary curability status is derived from the response to the INPUT Screening survey question #2. Will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference between treatment groups in illness understanding	At 3 and 6 months	Based upon the Prigerson Measure of Illness Understanding. The Likert-scale and composite score responses (excluding the acceptability of screening tool assessment) will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts.
Quality of communication	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Quality of Communication questionnaire. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Feeling heard and understood by healthcare team	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Feeling Heard and Understood scale. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Death-related anxiety	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Death and Dying Distress scale. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Anxiety related symptoms	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Depression	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Patient Health Questionnaire, 9 items. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Health related quality of life	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Symptoms of advanced cancer	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.
Acceptability of screening tool	At 3 months	Assessed via the Ease of Use, Acceptability, Usefulness, and Safety questionnaire.
Goals of care	At 3 and 6 months	Assessed via Goals of Care. The Likert-scale and composite score responses will be modeled by mixed-effect analysis of variance with relation to treatment group and time point, with interaction. Change from baseline at each time point will be assessed by contrasts, without adjustment for multiple comparisons since this is a pilot study. Baseline variables which show evidence of differences may be utilized as model covariates to control for associated bias. Binary responses (including the primary objective) will be similarly modeled by mixed-effect logistic regression. Survey responses which are neither Likert, composite, nor binary, may have categories collapsed such that they can be analyzed as binary.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MD Anderson Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States