A Study To See Why Patients Agree To or Decline To Have Treatment After Surgery

NCT ID: NCT03843593

Last Updated: 2023-01-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

38 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-02-14

Study Completion Date

2022-12-29

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to find out what patients consider when deciding whether or not to receive adjuvant treatment, and how patients feel about their decision after one year.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cutaneous Melanoma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Melanoma patients

This is a pilot prospective study to identify the factors patients consider in deciding whether or not to undergo adjuvant therapy. Patients are eligible regardless of whether they decide to accept adjuvant therapy. If the researcher plans to treat the participant with pembrolizumab instead of nivolumab, it should be known that although the video discusses nivolumab, the risks and benefits are the same.

Demographics Questionnaire

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A brief questionnaire will collect basic demographic information (i.e., age, gender, racial background, ethnicity, employment status, marital status) at time of enrollment.

Adjuvant Treatment Beliefs Scale10

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This brief PRO measure asks patients to indicate the likelihood, using a 5-point Likert type scale (1 \[definitely not\], 2 \[probably not\], 3 \[maybe\], 4 \[probably\], 5 \[definitely\]) of six positive (e.g., reduced risk of recurrence, greater chance of being cured) and five negative outcomes (e.g., side effects, health status) of adjuvant treatment.

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Melanoma (FACT-M)11

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

FACT-M is a 51-item patient-self report measure for the assessment of quality of life (QOL) in patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer stages I through IV melanoma.

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Treatment Satisfaction - General (FACIT-TS-G)13

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

FACIT-TS-G is a brief, 8-item self-administered measure designed to assess general treatment satisfaction in patients.

Decisional Regret14

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This is a set of 5 questions examining level of regret for treatment decisions (in this case, decision to pursue adjuvant therapy), with answers scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale (i.e., 1 \[Strongly Agree\], 2 \[Agree\], 3 \[Neither Agree Nor Disagree\], 4 \[Disagree\], 5 \[Strongly Disagree\].

Clinician Preference for Treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This is a single item to be completed by Medical Oncologists that will indicate their preference as to whether they prefer that their patient accepts adjuvant therapy.

Interventions

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Demographics Questionnaire

A brief questionnaire will collect basic demographic information (i.e., age, gender, racial background, ethnicity, employment status, marital status) at time of enrollment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Adjuvant Treatment Beliefs Scale10

This brief PRO measure asks patients to indicate the likelihood, using a 5-point Likert type scale (1 \[definitely not\], 2 \[probably not\], 3 \[maybe\], 4 \[probably\], 5 \[definitely\]) of six positive (e.g., reduced risk of recurrence, greater chance of being cured) and five negative outcomes (e.g., side effects, health status) of adjuvant treatment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Melanoma (FACT-M)11

FACT-M is a 51-item patient-self report measure for the assessment of quality of life (QOL) in patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer stages I through IV melanoma.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Treatment Satisfaction - General (FACIT-TS-G)13

FACIT-TS-G is a brief, 8-item self-administered measure designed to assess general treatment satisfaction in patients.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Decisional Regret14

This is a set of 5 questions examining level of regret for treatment decisions (in this case, decision to pursue adjuvant therapy), with answers scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale (i.e., 1 \[Strongly Agree\], 2 \[Agree\], 3 \[Neither Agree Nor Disagree\], 4 \[Disagree\], 5 \[Strongly Disagree\].

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Clinician Preference for Treatment

This is a single item to be completed by Medical Oncologists that will indicate their preference as to whether they prefer that their patient accepts adjuvant therapy.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with stage IIIB, IIIC, IIID, or IV (AJCC, 8th edition) cutaneous melanoma rendered free of disease by surgical resection.
* Patients are being offered adjuvant nivolumab or pembrolizumab therapy
* Patient has not yet formally discussed their treatment options with their Medical Oncologist.
* Age 18 or older.
* Ability to speak and read English because we do not have the resources to translate materials into other languages.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient not currently free of disease.
* Candidate for adjuvant dabrafenib/trametinib therapy.
* Patients who have received prior checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Paul Chapman, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)

Harrison, New York, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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19-012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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