Clinical trial · Observational
Goals of Care Discussions for Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer
Gender Differences in Inpatient Goals of Care Discussions in Patients With Advanced Cancer
NCT01991015CI-TRIAL-00016810completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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 study is to better understand gender differences in end-of-life communication between physicians and patients with advanced cancer in the hospital.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metastatic Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
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No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
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[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of end-of-life communication
- timeFrame
- 15 months
- description
- This is a qualitative study and the outcome will be assessed by coding the transcripts of the goals of care discussions. We will use the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS) in which coders assign 1 of 37 mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories to each complete thought expressed (referred to as an utterance). Utterances are combined to reflect "instrumental" (e.g., biomedical exchange, psychosocial exchange, and partnership building) and "affective" behaviors (e.g., social conversation, positive and negative statements, and emotional statements). Additional global measures include patient-centeredness, verbal dominance, and tone.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking, have metastatic cancer that has progressed despite treatment Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment
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