Decision Aid and Thyroid Nodules Management

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Thyroid Nodule
• Interventions: Behavioral: Thyroid Nodule Management Education

• Registration Number: NCT05264857
• Lead Sponsor: Stony Brook University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-08
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-01
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-03
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-20
• Primary Completion: 2026-09-30
• Study Completion: 2026-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 134

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Thyroid nodule information	Thyroid Nodule Management Education	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of congruence between informed values and treatment choice	6 months from surgery or surgical consultation date	Percent of patients with congruence between treatment option and informed values based on a survey

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stony Brook University Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Stony Brook, New York, United States