Clinical trial · Observational
Health Literacy in Understanding Radiation Therapy Information in Patients Undergoing Definitive Radiation Therapy
Assessing Health Literacy and Interpreter Use in Radiation Oncology at LAC+USC Medical Center
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Low accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study assesses the health literacy and understanding of radiation therapy information during consultation in patients with prostate or breast cancer undergoing definitive radiation therapy. Health literacy is defined as "the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information and services to enable sound health decisions." Information gained from this study, may help researchers develop appropriate modalities to enhance comprehension of radiation therapy, and therefore allow for improved patient decision making with medical treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (30)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Observational (survey)
- description
- Patients complete a survey over 5-10 minutes about their understanding of radiation therapy.
- interventionNames
- Other: Survey Administration
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Understanding of radiation therapy information
- timeFrame
- Up to 1 week
- description
- Patients will be given an internally developed questionnaire of 11 questions intended to ascertain understanding of basic radiotherapy information that is needed to make an informed decision. The questions with one answer will be given a +1 for correct and -1 for incorrect. The questions with multiple answers (toxicity) will be given a +1 for a correctly chosen side effect, and a -1 for an incorrect response. The total will be the patient's summary score.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Radiation comprehension and satisfaction
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * All participants in this study will have cT1-4N0-1M0 prostate cancer or cT1-4N1-3M0 breast cancer, as clinically staged by the attending radiation oncologist following the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition * Non-metastatic breast or prostate cancer * Radiation consultation for definitive treatment * English or Spanish-speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Any person with major cognitive deficit or psychiatric impairment * Any person, who with assistance by a family member or caregiver, is unable to complete a written survey
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