Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of Mortality Salience on Treatment Decisions
- 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 goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mortality salience has an impact on treatment decisions in urologists and patients with urological cancer. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does mortality salience lead to more aggressive treatment decisions in a) urologists and b) patients with urological cancer? Which factors predict more aggressive treatment decisions a) in urologists and b) in patients with urological cancer? Is the Fear of cancer recurrence-1 (FCR-1) in German language a valid screening tool for fear of cancer progression in patients with urological cancer? Researchers will compare a mortality salience trigger to control questions to see if mortality salience leads to more aggressive treatment decisions. Participants will: Answer the Mortality Attitudes Personality survey (MAPS) to trigger mortality salience and, in three borderline case vignettes, provide information on how likely they would be to choose a more aggressive therapy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urological Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental treatment questions (control condition) | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Mortality Attitudes Personality Survey | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mortality salience trigger
- description
- Mortality Attitudes Personality Survey (MAPS, Rosenblatt et al. 1998) will be administered (two open questions about death and mortality)
- interventionNames
- Other: Mortality Attitudes Personality Survey
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Dental pain questions (control condition)
- description
- Two open questions about a dental treatment will be administered
- interventionNames
- Other: Dental treatment questions (control condition)
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- treatment decision
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Study 1) Urologists Inclusion Criteria: * sufficient cognitive ability * German language skills Exclusion Criteria: * none Study 2) Patients Inclusion Criteria: * urological cancer (ICD-10: C60, C61, C62, C63, C64, C65, C66, C67, C68) * age at least 18 years * German language skills * sufficient cognitive ability * capacity to consent Exclusion Criteria: * none
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