Clinical trial · Interventional
Preference of Room Setting and Waiting Time in Patients With Advanced, Locally Advanced, or Metastatic Cancer and Their Caregivers Who Are Seen in the Outpatient Supportive/Palliative Care Center
Perception of Supportive Care Patients and Caregivers Who Are Seen in the Outpatient Supportive/Palliative Care Center Regarding the Preference of Room Setting and Waiting Time
- 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 trial studies the preference of room setting and waiting time in patients with cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes or other places in the body and their caregivers who are seen in the outpatient supportive/palliative care center. Room setting preferences of patients and caregivers may help to understand their opinion regarding direct rooming system in the outpatient supportive/palliative care center.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
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 Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Caregiver | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Locally Advanced Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive Care (questionnaire)
- description
- Patients and their caregivers complete a questionnaire over 15 minutes either in person or over the phone within 3 days after their supportive care center visit.
- interventionNames
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Preference of exam room over waiting room as soon as checking in until the nurse is ready for a patient assessed using questionnaire
- timeFrame
- Up to 3 days after visit
- description
- Two sample t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test, whichever more appropriate, will be used to compare continuous variables of interest between the preference of exam room over waiting area. Chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test, whichever appropriate, will be used to test for associations between each of categorical variables and preference of exam room over waiting area. Univariate/multicovariate logistic regression analysis will be used to explore the demographics and clinical factors associated with rooming preferences.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient: Have advanced cancer, defined as locally advanced, metastatic or incurable disease. * Patient: Seen at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) outpatient Supportive Care Center for consultation (first visit). * Patient: Provided informed consent. * Patient: Can read and speak English or Spanish. * Patient: Has a consenting caregiver at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit. * Caregiver: Provided informed consent. * Caregiver: Can read and speak English or Spanish. * Caregiver: Must be with consenting patient at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient: Delirium diagnosed by palliative care physician or nurse and/or Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) \>= 7 or dementia. * Patient: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish. * Patient: No caregiver at the time of Supportive Care consultation visit. * Caregiver: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish.
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