Clinical trial · Interventional
Assessing Patient Anxiety During Mohs Micrographic Surgery
NCT03756792CI-TRIAL-00101984completedN/AClinicalTrials.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 will assess the anxiety that patients are experiencing during a Mohs micrographic surgery. The study will compare the feelings of anxiety experienced by patients returning for Mohs surgery after already undergoing the surgery at least one time to feelings experienced by patients who have never had Mohs surgery before. The study will also compare the feelings experienced by patients who have read a vignette about the typical Mohs experience to the feelings of patients who have not read a vignette.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Education Material | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Vignette | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- First Time Control
- description
- Patients with no prior experience of Mohs surgery will be randomly assigned to the control group. The control group will receive the normal education material that MMS patients receive from Wake Forest Baptist Health Dermatology, then fill out a brief survey.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Normal Education Material
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- First Time Intervention
- description
- Patients with no prior experience of Mohs surgery will be randomly assigned to the intervention group. The intervention group will receive the normal education material that MMS patients receive from Wake Forest Baptist Health Dermatology and read a vignette about the typical experience of a Mohs patient, then fill out a brief survey.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Normal Education Material
- Behavioral: Vignette
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery for cutaneous cancer, soft tissue tumors, and adnexal tumors * Subjects with a working knowledge of English * Age 18-80 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unable to fill out a paper or electronic survey or read a short pamphlet on prior patient experiences, or those unwilling to have either of the previously stated items read aloud to them. * Individuals less than 18 or greater than 80 years old (line of questioning necessary for the study may be beyond understanding in this group)
References
Publications (9)
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- BACKGROUNDDubas LE, Ingraffea A. Nonmelanoma skin cancer. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2013 Feb;21(1):43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2012.10.003. PMID 23369588
- BACKGROUNDKamangar F, Petukhova TA, Monico G, Mathis S, Joo J, Zhuang A, Li CS, Liu Y, Lee E, Eisen D. Anxiety levels of patients undergoing common dermatologic procedures versus those seeking general dermatologic care. Dermatol Online J. 2017 May 15;23(5):13030/qt64d8r1gq. PMID 28537871
- BACKGROUNDPersichetti GB, Walling HW, Ceilley RI. Personalized music enhances patient perception of the Mohs surgery experience. Dermatol Surg. 2009 Feb;35(2):265-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34422.x. No abstract available. PMID 19215268
- BACKGROUNDVachiramon V, Sobanko JF, Rattanaumpawan P, Miller CJ. Music reduces patient anxiety during Mohs surgery: an open-label randomized controlled trial. Dermatol Surg. 2013 Feb;39(2):298-305. doi: 10.1111/dsu.12047. Epub 2013 Jan 24. PMID 23346989
- BACKGROUNDNewsom E, Lee E, Rossi A, Dusza S, Nehal K. Modernizing the Mohs Surgery Consultation: Instituting a Video Module for Improved Patient Education and Satisfaction. Dermatol Surg. 2018 Jun;44(6):778-784. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000001473. PMID 29642110
- BACKGROUNDHawkins SD, Koch SB, Williford PM, Feldman SR, Pearce DJ. Web App- and Text Message-Based Patient Education in Mohs Micrographic Surgery-A Randomized Controlled Trial. Dermatol Surg. 2018 Jul;44(7):924-932. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000001489. PMID 29406486