Clinical trial · Interventional
Decision Aid Efficacy in Low Risk Thyroid Cancer
Efficacy of a Patient-facing Decision Aid in Reducing Decision Anxiety and Improving Decision Readiness in Low Risk Thyroid Cancer
- 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)
Low-risk thyroid cancer grows very slowly. More than 99% of patients with this cancer survive for at least 5 years. There are 3 main treatment options: remove the whole thyroid, remove just the part of the thyroid with the cancer in it, or leave the cancer in the thyroid and monitor it. Survival is similar across the 3 main treatment options. It can be difficult for patients to choose a treatment option, especially when feeling anxious about the cancer diagnosis. In this study, enrolled patients will receive a decision aid after finding out they have cancer but before meeting a surgeon. This decision aid is a pamphlet. It gives information about the treatment options and a list of questions for patients to ask their surgeons at their clinic visit. The investigators will test whether this aid changes patient decision anxiety and decision readiness.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC) | Thyroid Gland Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
| Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma | Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma | Thyroid Gland Papillary Microcarcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decision Aid | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- All Participants
- description
- All participants receive the intervention (decision aid)
- interventionNames
- Other: Decision Aid
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Decisional Conflict
- timeFrame
- (1) Baseline, (2) after receiving decision aid (approx Day 1 to Day 30), and (3) after going to surgeon clinic appointment (approx Day 2 to Day 45)
- description
- Decisional conflict will be quantified with the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS). Range: 0 \[no decisional conflict\] to 100 \[extremely high decisional conflict\]
Secondary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Decision Anxiety
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Low-risk thyroid cancer or thyroid nodule suspicious for malignancy * English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Prior consultation with surgeon regarding the thyroid nodule / cancer in question * Cancer/nodule has high risk features (e.g. extrathyroidal extension on ultrasound) * History of thyroid cancer * History of thyroid surgery * Currently pregnant (per patient report)
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