Clinical trial · Observational
Decision Making and Psychological Outcomes in Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer
NCT03300284CI-TRIAL-00068168completedClinicalTrials.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)
This study is being done to understand the decision-making process regarding management choice in low-risk papillary thyroid cancer.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Cancer | Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaires | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Thyroid cancer
- description
- This study does not involve any intervention, but rather data collection on patient and physician preferences and beliefs, communication, and patient psychological outcomes.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Questionnaires
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- influencing decision making pre-visit
- timeFrame
- 3 years
- description
- Patients will complete a pre-visit questionnaire and the patient-physician interaction during the visit will be recorded and subjected to qualitative analysis for extraction of variables representing the presence of elements of shared decision making and strength of physician influence.
- measure
- influencing decision making post-visit
- timeFrame
- 3 years
- description
- Patients will complete a post-visit questionnaire, and the patient-physician interaction during the visit will be recorded and subjected to qualitative analysis for extraction of variables representing the presence of elements of shared decision making and strength of physician influence.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Able to read, write, and communicate in English Patients who have been diagnosed with LR-PTC as described above * For Aim 1, adults with recently diagnosed LR-PTC who have not yet made a choice between surgery and AS * For Aim 2, adults with LR-PTC who made a decision about surgery or AS at least 3 months prior, but no more than 4 years prior to their routine follow-up visit at which they are being recruited for this study. * Active patients of MSK and participating institutions Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have been diagnosed with a tumor greater than 2 cm * Patients with clinically suspicious lymphadenopathy in the neck * Patients with evidence of gross ETE after a biopsy of the papillary thyroid tumor
References
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