Clinical trial · Observational
Second Opinions in Oncology
Examining the Decision-Making Process and Characteristics of Cancer Patients Who Sought Second Opinions at the University of Colorado
NCT05102500CI-TRIAL-00102275completedClinicalTrials.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)
The long-time goal is to understand what decision-making process and patient characteristics factor into a patient deciding to stay with their initial physician versus seeking treatment with a second opinion.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
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 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Retrospective Chart Review Patients
- description
- The PI will conduct a retrospective chart review of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and pancreatic cancer patients to better understand the patient, disease, and treatment characteristics that play a role in second opinion retention rates.
- label
- Semi-structure Interview Patients
- description
- The PI will conduct semi-structured interviews with breast cancer, colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer patients to better understand the decision-making process that goes into continued care with their primary or second opinion physician.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Second opinion retention rates for cancer patients at University of Colorado
- timeFrame
- 12 months
- description
- a. The study team will perform a retrospective chart review to identify patients with breast cancer, colorectal cancer or pancreatic cancer who were seen by a surgeon at the University of Colorado for a second opinion and to examine whether or not the subject stayed at the Cancer Center to receive cancer care. The study team predict the second opinion retention rate - the percent of patients who received a second opinion at the Cancer Center and ultimately received care at this institution - will be significantly higher for pancreatic cancer patients than for breast and colorectal cancer patients.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 100 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Cancer patients who are 18 years of age or older who received a second opinion at the University of Colorado. * A subset of these patients will be invited to participate in semi-structured interviews Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 18. * Patients who did not receive a second opinion at the University of Colorado.
References
Publications (0)
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