Effects of the Use of Multi Criterion Decision Analysis (MCDA) on Decision Quality in an Online Delphi

NCT ID: NCT03498365

Last Updated: 2021-03-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

385 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-15

Study Completion Date

2019-10-31

Brief Summary

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To examine the effects of using decision support tools during the online Delphi process.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this exploratory work is to develop improved methods for building a protocol for a participatory randomized controlled trial. An online Delphi will be combined with an embedded trial testing the effectiveness of a decision support tool. This method provides for consensus building and collaborative problem-solving which is informed, and participatory. The online Delphi offers involvement and confidentiality thus sidestepping the complications of power imbalances and undue influence as respondents contribute anonymously.

The embedded trial was considered after the building of a database of existing online trials and conducting a descriptive analysis" Creating a database of Internet-based clinical trials to support a public-led research programme: A descriptive analysis, followed by the completion of a systematic overview of systematic overviews, "Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Trials Design: An Overview of Systematic Reviews" and followed this with an analysis of "Self-Management Open Online Trials in Health"(In review). The results included a lack of standardization, insufficient guidance for implementation and significant research reporting weaknesses. Decision-making support tools may improve decision quality.

This embedded trial will be implemented in an online Delphi to come to the consensus about what declarations and methods to include when building a participatory online trials protocol.

Conditions

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Behavioral Changes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Online MCDA

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

MCDA

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Experimental decision support

Online Delphi

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Delphi

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard support

Interventions

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MCDA

Experimental decision support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Delphi

Standard support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Protocol lab online trialsl Delphi (PLOT-D) Participant
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

ThinkWell

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Amy Price

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Amy I Price, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Oxford

Mike J Clarke, DPhil

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Queen's University, Belfast

Mette Kjer Kaltoft, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Syddansk Universitet

Jack Dowie, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Locations

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University of Oxford

Oxford, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Price A, Albarqouni L, Kirkpatrick J, Clarke M, Liew SM, Roberts N, Burls A. Patient and public involvement in the design of clinical trials: An overview of systematic reviews. J Eval Clin Pract. 2018 Feb;24(1):240-253. doi: 10.1111/jep.12805. Epub 2017 Oct 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29076631 (View on PubMed)

Brice A, Price A, Burls A. Creating a database of internet-based clinical trials to support a public-led research programme: A descriptive analysis. Digit Health. 2015 Nov 20;1:2055207615617854. doi: 10.1177/2055207615617854. eCollection 2015 Jan-Dec.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29942546 (View on PubMed)

Dowie J, Kjer Kaltoft M, Salkeld G, Cunich M. Towards generic online multicriteria decision support in patient-centred health care. Health Expect. 2015 Oct;18(5):689-702. doi: 10.1111/hex.12111. Epub 2013 Aug 2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23910715 (View on PubMed)

Kaltoft MK, Dowie J, Turner R, et al. Decisional equipoise is not decisional conflict: avoiding the false clarity bias in the evaluation of decision aids and Shared Decision Making processes. F1000Research 2015;4. doi:10.7490/F1000RESEARCH.1110671.1

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Kaltoft M, Cunich M, Salkeld G, Dowie J. Assessing decision quality in patient-centred care requires a preference-sensitive measure. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2014 Apr;19(2):110-7. doi: 10.1177/1355819613511076. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24335587 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PLOT-D MCDA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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