Clinical trial · Interventional
Patient and Family Decision Making in the Palliative Care Setting
Patient and Family Decision Making and Information Disclosure Preferences in the Palliative Care Setting: a Multi-Center Survey in Chile, Guatemala, and U.S.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this research study is to learn about any differences in certain health-related preferences between patients with cancer and their families. The main preferences being studied are how decisions are made about healthcare, as well as how much information people want to know about cancer. Specifically, researchers will compare questionnaire and interview data from Hispanic-Americans living in the United States (the M. D. Anderson part of this multicenter study) with Hispanics living in Latin America (in particular, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interview | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Decision Making
- description
- Questionnaire + Interview
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Interview
- Behavioral: Questionnaire
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Differences in Proportions of Preference for Passive Decision Making
- timeFrame
- 6 Years
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with advanced cancer (local recurrence or metastatic) at the time of their follow up visit to the outpatient palliative care clinic or at an agreed date after the first visit to the outpatient palliative care clinic. 2. Patient designates a family member who is a patient's parent, spouse, adult child, sibling, other relative, or significant other (any other person defined by the patient as a partner) to answer the family questionnaire. 3. Patient is 18 years of age or older (as the assessment tools used in this study have not been validated in the pediatric population). 4. Patient with normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer and by her/his ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process. 5. Patient willing to participate in the study and sign informed consent. 6. Family member is 18 years of age or older (as the assessment tools used in this study have not been validated in the pediatric population). 7. Family member with normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer and by her/his ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process. 8. Family member willing to participate in the study and sign informed consent. 9. All participants in the international centers must be from Argentinian, Chilean, or Guatemalan descendence respectively. 10. All participants in the U.S. must be from self-reported Hispanic descendence, first or second generation immigrants, and reside in the U.S. for at least 5 years. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Either patient or family member can not complete the assessments independently. 2. Either patient or family member refuses to participate in the study.
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