Decision Aid for Management of Thyroid Nodules and Early Thyroid Cancer
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
- Enrollment
- 134
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Rate of congruence between informed values and treatment choice
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Patients with small favorable malignant or indeterminate thyroid nodules will receive information about management of thyroid nodules. Participants will be asked to complete brief surveys at the time of enrollment, shortly after the consultation appointment with the surgeon, and a few months after either the consultation or the surgery, to assess their satisfaction with their decision and decision making process. All participants will receive routine care and counseling by their endocrinologist and surgeon.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Histology showing indeterminate or malignant thyroid pathology (Bethesda III-VI)
- •Thyroid nodule size less or equal to 2cm
Exclusion Criteria
- •History of thyroid surgery
- •History of thyroid cancer
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Rate of congruence between informed values and treatment choice
Time Frame: 6 months from surgery or surgical consultation date
Percent of patients with congruence between treatment option and informed values based on a survey
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Lukasz Czerwonka
Head and Neck Surgeon
Stony Brook University