Treatment Decision-Making Among Patients Diagnosed With Papillary Microcarcinoma and Their Significant Others
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 21
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- To explore patients' and families' perceived risks and benefits of active surveillance and surgery within the context of papillary microcarcinoma.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to understand more about why some patients choose to have surgery to treat their papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) and others choose to have their papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) regularly watched by their doctor to see if and when they may need surgery (referred to as "active surveillance"). The investigators also hope learn more about what patients and their family members worry about or feel they will gain from surgery or active surveillance.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Family Based
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Thyroid cancer patient eligibility will include:
- •Thyroid cancer patients who have been diagnosed with papillary microcarcinoma (or subcentimeter thyroid lesions with fine needle aspiration biopsy suspicious for papillary or follicular thyroid cancer) within the prior 6-12 months as per EMR path report and clinician assessment;
- •Presented with the option of treating their papillary microcarcinomas with either surgery or active surveillance as per treating physician;
- •English-fluent;
- •18 years of age or older;
- •Patient-designated significant other eligibility will include:
- •Nomination by patient as individual who assisted patient in decision-making regarding how to treat thyroid papillary microcarcinoma;
- •English-fluent;
- •18 years of age or older;
排除标准
- •Thyroid cancer patient exclusion criteria will include:
- •Thyroid cancer patients with known loco-regional or distant metastases prior to initial surgical intervention as per path report.
结局指标
主要结局
To explore patients' and families' perceived risks and benefits of active surveillance and surgery within the context of papillary microcarcinoma.
时间窗: 5 years
We'll conduct focus groups \& individual interviews with 2 population segments established by the method of Krueger \& Casey \& Morgan. The population segments will be thyroid cancer patients who have had surg or have scheduled surg, \& any pt-designated significant others who assisted pts with tx decision-making \& thyroid cancer pts who chose to not have immediate surg, whether they are either postponing their tx decision until a later date, or have committed to active surveillance rather than surg, \& any pt-designated significant others who assisted these patients with tx decision-making.
次要结局
- To examine the factors in patients' and families' decision making about the treatment of papillary microcarcinoma.(5 years)