Patient Perceptions Around Quality of Care Through Telemedicine in Neuro-Oncology

NCT ID: NCT04988009

Last Updated: 2025-09-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-20

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates patient perceptions around quality of care through telemedicine in neuro-oncology. Studying questionnaires related to perceptions quality of care through telemedicine in patients with brain cancer may help doctors to improve the delivery of care through this modality.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate the patient-perceived quality of care by group (telemedicine versus in-person visits) in patients with central nervous system (CNS) cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To characterize the visits provided by telemedicine compared to those in-person.

II. To contrast the average time spent on telemedicine visits compared to in-person visits, and the delay between visit order placement and visit occurring.

III. To evaluate the domains of patient care addressed on a telemedicine visit versus in-person visit per documentation, including (1) treatment planning, (2) symptom burden, (3) goals of care.

IV. To evaluate frequency of acute care sought (through emergency room or urgent care clinic) within 30 days of encounter in telemedicine visit versus (vs) in-person visit.

V. The impact of patient and clinical characteristics on perceived quality of care in the context of covariate-adjusted modeling.

OUTLINE:

Patients complete a survey related to their perceived quality of care via telephone and have their medical chart reviewed prospectively.

Conditions

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Central Nervous System Neoplasm Leptomeningeal Neoplasm Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Brain Primary Brain Neoplasm

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Observational (survey, medical chart review)

Patients complete a survey related to their perceived quality of care via telephone and have their medical chart reviewed prospectively.

Electronic Health Record Review

Intervention Type OTHER

Review of medical chart

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete survey

Interventions

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Electronic Health Record Review

Review of medical chart

Intervention Type OTHER

Survey Administration

Complete survey

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with a CNS tumors: this includes patients with primary brain tumors, brain metastases, and leptomeningeal disease
* Established patients with a follow up encounter with Neuro-Oncology at the Brain and Spine Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; this encounter can be

* An in-person visit
* A telemedicine appointment

Exclusion Criteria

* Encounter occurred with the assistance of official language translation support
* Patients with telephone encounters (without interactive video)
* New patient or consult visits
* Neither patient nor caregiver present during the visit are available or able to answer survey questions
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Barbara J O'Brien, MD

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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Barbara J O'Brien, MD

Role: CONTACT

713-794-4380

Facility Contacts

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Barbara J O'Brien, MD

Role: primary

713-794-4380

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2020-07493

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2020-0493

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2020-0493

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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