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

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT06927050
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-08
• Study Start: 2025-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-15
• Primary Completion: 2026-04-01
• Study Completion: 2026-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of "Satisfied" Patients	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of "Satisfied" Caregivers	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.
Percentage of "Satisfied" Providers	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NYU Langone Health; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States