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Decision Aid for Management of Thyroid Nodules and Early Thyroid Cancer

NCT ID: NCT05264857Sponsor: Stony Brook UniversityLast updated: 2025-10-14

Summary

Patients with small favorable malignant or indeterminate thyroid nodules will receive information about management of thyroid nodules. Participants will be asked to complete brief surveys at the time of enrollment, shortly after the consultation appointment with the surgeon, and a few months after either the consultation or the surgery, to assess their satisfaction with their decision and decision making process. All participants will receive routine care and counseling by their endocrinologist and surgeon.

Arms & interventions

  • BehavioralThyroid Nodule Management Education

    Participants will receive information about thyroid nodules and their management

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Rate of congruence between informed values and treatment choice

    Percent of patients with congruence between treatment option and informed values based on a survey

    Time frame: 6 months from surgery or surgical consultation date

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria: * Histology showing indeterminate or malignant thyroid pathology (Bethesda III-VI) * Thyroid nodule size less or equal to 2cm Exclusion Criteria: * History of thyroid surgery * History of thyroid cancer

Study locations (1)

Stony Brook University Cancer Center

Stony Brook, New York, 11794

Recruiting
Jessica Alfano · Contact
Lukasz Czerwonka, MD · Principal Investigator
Decision Aid and Thyroid Nodules Management | Cancerify