Clinical trial · Interventional
Facilitating Oncology Patient-Clinician Communication Via E-health Innovations
- 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 Internet-based program CaringGuidance™ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and its new electronic Summary Report (CGSR) tool are hypothesized to empower patients to raise their emotional and social concerns during oncology consultations and assist medical oncology clinicians in identifying patient needs. This study will assess satisfaction and feasibility of clinical use of the new patient guided, Internet-based CGSR to support patient-clinician communication in the outpatient breast oncology clinic. Participants will have access to the CaringGuidance™ program for home use on computer or mobile device. Following this, paricipants will meet with an investigator prior to a medical oncology appointment and create a CGSR on an iPad while they talk through the process. These assessments will help characterize the emotional state at the time of working with the program and the CGSR. Participants will take the CGSR into their oncology appointment, record the appointment if she and the physician have consented to this, and use the CGSR as much or as little as desired. Data will be analyzed primarily qualitatively to determine participant's appraisal of the functionality, content satisfaction and usability of the CGSR and communication patterns, topics discussed during the appointment and patient/clinician satisfaction with communication during the appointment when the CGSR was available for use.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaringGuidance™ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Patient Group
- description
- Program users
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: CaringGuidance™ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Patient Satisfaction with the Content of the CaringGuidance Summary Report Form
- timeFrame
- 1 minute
- description
- qualitative description from the patient regarding their satisfaction with the content of the CaringGuidance Summary Report
- measure
- Functionality of the CaringGuidance Summary Report Form
- timeFrame
- 10 minutes
- description
- qualitative description of the functioning of the CaringGuidance Summary Report
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 19 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * first, stage I - IV breast cancer * have had at least 1 appointment with a medical oncologist with additional -appointments planned at University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine clinics, * able to read and speak English, * have regular access to Internet and computer, * have email Exclusion Criteria: * Male, * mentally or physically unable to consent or use the CaringGuidance program (e.g. hospitalized in the past year with a substance abuse or mental health condition)
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDLally RM, McNees P, Meneses K. Application of a novel transdisciplinary communication technique to develop an Internet-based psychoeducational program: CaringGuidance After Breast Cancer Diagnosis. Appl Nurs Res. 2015 Feb;28(1):e7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2014.10.006. Epub 2014 Oct 31. PMID 25467063