AIM1: Adequate Selection of Patients for Thyroid Biopsy: Evaluation of a Shared Decision Making Conversation Aid

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Thyroid Cancer; Thyroid Nodules
• Interventions: Behavioral: Counseling using the electronic conversation aid

• Registration Number: NCT04472026
• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida

Brief Summary

There is an epidemic of thyroid cancer that is harmful to patients and the medical system. The study hypothesizes that the use of an electronic conversation aid during clinical visits can help patients and clinicians collaborate when deciding the next step in management for a thyroid nodule. The study aims to update a conversation aid prototype that was developed to support shared decision making in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. This entry (Aim 1) has an associated study (Aim 2) registered under NCT04463719

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-15
• Study Start: 2020-07-16
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-30
• Study Completion: 2023-06-30
• Results First Submitted: 2024-04-23
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-07-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-30
• Results First Posted: 2024-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults >18 years old presenting for evaluation of a thyroid nodule

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with hyperthyroidism
• Patients with previous biopsy of the nodule of interest
• Pregnant patients
• Prisoners

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Counseling using the electronic conversation aid	Counseling using the electronic conversation aid

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Qualitative Analysis of the Patient and Clinician Experience Using the Conversation Aid	Up to the time the post visit interview was completed (on average 1 weeks after the clinical visit for patients and 1 month after completion of 3 visit using the tool for clinicians)	The clinical visit and post visit semi-structure interviews of patient and clinicians that have used the conversation aid will be analyzed qualitatively to better understand the acceptability of the conversation aid in clinical practice and used to further update the conversation aid.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

University of Florida; 🇺🇸 Gainesville, Florida, United States

Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States