Testing of an Educational Tool for Patients With Melanoma and Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease Who Are Candidates for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

NCT ID: NCT04751396

Last Updated: 2025-11-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

125 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-20

Study Completion Date

2027-02-02

Brief Summary

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This study learn how easily patients can use an educational tool that will be created for patients with melanoma and pre-existing autoimmune diseases who receive or will receive immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs. Patients will be asked their opinions about the design, accessibility, and content of the tool. Researchers will use the information collected to improve the educational materials that will help patients make future decisions about their treatment.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the acceptability (e.g., ease of use, design, accessibility, content) of the educational tool that will be developed for patients with melanoma and pre-existing autoimmune conditions considering or undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

II. To test the usability in real world-settings of the educational tool (to be developed) and evaluate feasibility of patient recruitment (i.e., ability to identify enough patients and consent at least 50% of the identified patients) in a pilot study.

OUTLINE:

PART A: Participants navigate the educational tool over 30-45 minutes then participate in an interview about their thoughts and opinions about the content, ease of use, and format of the tool over 45 minutes.

PART B: 2 group of participants will be evaluated sequentially (Participants in group II will be enrolled after all the participants in group I have been assessed).

GROUP I: Patients receive standard educational information during their clinician encounter. Patients also complete questionnaires over 30-45 minutes at baseline within a week prior to their clinician encounter, immediately after the encounter, and at 3 months.

GROUP II: Patients navigate educational tool over 20 minutes during their clinician encounter. Patients also complete questionnaires over 30-45 minutes at baseline within a week prior to their clinician encounter, immediately after the encounter, and at 3 months.

Conditions

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Ankylosing Spondylitis Autoimmune Disease Crohn Disease Enteropathic Arthritis Enteropathic Spondylitis Inflammatory Bowel Disease Melanoma Psoriasis Psoriatic Arthritis Reactive Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Ulcerative Colitis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Part A (Interview)

Participants navigate the educational tool over 30-45 minutes then participate in an interview about their thoughts and opinions about the content, ease of use, and format of the tool over 45 minutes.

Educational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Navigate educational tool

Interview

Intervention Type OTHER

Participate in interview

Part B Group I (standard information)

Patients receive standard educational information during their clinician encounter. Patients also complete questionnaires over 30-45 minutes at baseline within a week prior to their clinician encounter, immediately after the encounter, and at 3 months.

Best Practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive standard educational information

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete questionnaire

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete surveys

Part B Group II (educational tool)

Patients navigate educational tool over 20 minutes during their clinician encounter. Patients also complete questionnaires over 30-45 minutes at baseline within a week prior to their clinician encounter, immediately after the encounter, and at 3 months.

Educational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Navigate educational tool

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete questionnaire

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete surveys

Interventions

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Best Practice

Receive standard educational information

Intervention Type OTHER

Educational Intervention

Navigate educational tool

Intervention Type OTHER

Interview

Participate in interview

Intervention Type OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Complete questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Survey Administration

Complete surveys

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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standard of care standard therapy Education for Intervention Intervention by Education Intervention through Education Intervention, Educational

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of melanoma
* Diagnosis of pre-existing autoimmune disease

* Inflammatory bowel disease

* Diagnosis of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis by a gastroenterologist
* For ulcerative colitis, proof of chronic changes over time (i.e., 6 months) and signs of inflammation histologically
* Treatment with aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, thiopurines, or immune modifiers (e.g., calcineurin inhibitors, methotrexate, adhesion molecule antagonists)
* Rheumatoid arthritis

* Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis by a rheumatologist
* Treatment with traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (e.g., methotrexate, sulfasalazine, hydroxychloroquine) or targeted therapy
* Systemic lupus erythematosus

* Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus by a rheumatologist
* Psoriasis

* Diagnosis of psoriasis by a dermatologist
* Treatment with corticosteroids, vitamin D analogs, anthralin, topical retinoids, calcineurin inhibitors, salicylic acid, coal tar, or moisturizers; light therapy, including sunlight, ultraviolet B (UVB) phototherapy, narrowband UVB therapy, Goeckerman therapy, photochemotherapy, excimer laser, or pulsed dye laser; or systemic medications, including retinoids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, hydroxyurea, or thioguanine or targeted therapies
* Spondyloarthropathies

* Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or enteropathic arthritis/spondylitis by a rheumatologist
* Treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (e.g., sulfasalazine) or targeted therapy
* Age of 18 years or older
* Patients whose physicians had recommended they begin using any of the currently available immune checkpoint inhibitors or people who are in the midst of or have already made the decision on whether or not start an immune checkpoint inhibitor
* E-mail access and computer with Internet access or telephone
* Ability to communicate in English or Spanish
* CLINICIAN
* Prescribed immune checkpoint inhibitors
* Are providing care for patients with melanoma
* In the clinics at MD Anderson
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Angeles Lopez-Olivo

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Angeles Lopez-Olivo

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 713-792-9175

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Maria A. Lopez-Olivo

Role: primary

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2021-00565

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2020-0843

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

K08CA237619

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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2020-0843

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id