Clinical trial · Interventional
Virtual Intervention for Lung Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): unable to secure funding
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Lung cancer is unique because of racial disparity, persistent mortality rate, and social stigma. Lung cancer stigma (LCS) and difficult patient-clinician communication may be an underlying factor in health disparities in lung cancer. The purpose of this study is to PILOT test, in a diverse sample of lung cancer patients the effectiveness of the mHealth Tool for Lung Cancer patients (mHealthTLC), an interactive, immersive 3-dimensional iPad application that allows individuals to experience first person virtual visits with their clinicians, to improve patient-clinician communication, decrease LCS, and promote optimal self-management. The study hypotheses are that patients who receive the mHealth TLC will improve their ability to communicate effectively with their clinicians and will report decreased stigma related to their lung cancer diagnosis compared to the attention control group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Neoplasms | Lung Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Videos | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Virtual experience | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- mHealth TLC
- description
- The mhealth TLC group will meet with a nurse before each of 4 clinician visits and use the mHealth TLC on an iPad with an interactive 3-dimensional intervention that allows individuals to experience virtual visits with their clinicians. Key aspects of mHealthTLC include informational videos about lung cancer and LCS. Blame and self-blame will be addressed, information about the role of addiction, social/cultural factors, and tobacco industry influence on smoking behaviors will be highlighted. Patients will experience practiced interaction in ever increasing complex situations with avatars (i.e., receptionist, medical assistant, and clinician). A "virtual coach" will accompany the patient through the virtual visit and will provide information and coaching (as needed).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Virtual experience
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Attention Control
- description
- Attention control group (ACG) - Patients assigned to the ACG will meet with a nurse and receive only the informational videos on an iPad before 4 clinician visits with assessments after each clinician visit. An effort will be made to match the intervention condition on salience, credibility, and contact time.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion criteria are \>21 years old with a diagnosis of lung cancer (any type or stage), able to read and write English at 5th grade level, able to sign an IRB approved consent form, and expects to have 4 visits with the same clinician in the next 2 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to understand or tolerate the battery of questionnaires due to physical or mental health issues (i.e., dementia, active psychosis).
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