Evaluating Symptom Management Educational Materials for Patients With Prostate Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00769431

Last Updated: 2013-07-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

7 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-05-31

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Collecting feedback from patients with prostate cancer may help doctors develop better symptom management educational materials for patients.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is evaluating symptom management educational materials for patients with prostate cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* To collect formative evaluation data about a new educational intervention using focus groups of patients with prostate cancer.
* To use the focus group data in the master's research paper of a Baylor College of Medicine physician-assistant student who is documenting the process of organizing and conducting the focus groups, enumerating areas where the new materials are deemed problematic, and identifying themes in the comments made by the focus group participants.

OUTLINE: Study participants are assigned to 1 of 3 focus groups according to educational level and ethnicity (i.e., lower educational-level African-American men primarily from the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC); lower educational-level Caucasian men from MEDVAMC, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), or the community; or higher educational-level Caucasian men primarily from BCM or the community).

Participants review written patient educational-intervention materials on prostate cancer and provide feedback to the investigator on the content and acceptability of these materials during a 1½-2-hour focus group discussion. Feedback data are used to revise the intervention materials so that they are appropriate to the target population.

Conditions

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Prostate Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Focus group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

educational intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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educational intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Biopsy-proven prostate cancer

* Localized disease that has been previously treated
* Selected for participation from 1 of the following:

* Convenience sample of men from the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Urology clinics at Scurlock Tower (including the Urology clinic at MEDVAMC) and local prostate cancer-support groups
* Prostate cancer survivors who participated in the US TOO Father's Day Walk/Run or the Gay Pride Celebration

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Able to speak and read in English
* Willing to review the written patient educational materials and discuss them in a group setting

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Baylor College of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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David Latini

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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David M. Latini, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Baylor College of Medicine

Locations

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Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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BCM-H-21622

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000600594

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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