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Engaging Patients in Decision Making: The Development and Pilot Testing of a Low Literacy Spanish Language Shared Medical Decision Tool for Ovarian Cancer Maintenance Therapy

NCT ID: NCT06036810Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterLast updated: 2026-04-16

Summary

To develop a shared decision-making (SDM) tool to help Spanish-speaking patients make decisions about their maintenance therapy

Detailed description

Objectives: * Create a low literacy version of a shared decision-making (SDM) tool for ovarian cancer maintenance therapy for Spanish speaking individuals. * To explore the feasibility and acceptability of incorporating the SDM tool into routine clinical care for Spanish speaking individuals. * To estimate the effectiveness of the SDM tool on quality of the decision making in patients with ovarian cancer who are making decisions about maintenance therapy through a pilot study.

Arms & interventions

  • OtherShared Medical Decision Tool

    standard of care

  • BehavioralEngaging Patients in Decision Making

    standard of care

  • BehavioralLiteracy Spanish Language

    standard of care

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Decision Regret Scale questionnaire

    This scale measures decisional regret related to health care decisions at a specific point in time. This tool consists of 5 questions answered on a Likert scale (1="Strongly agree" to 5="Strongly disagree").

    Time frame: through study completion; an average of 2 year.

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Study population: This study will enroll patients and clinical providers. Inclusion criteria: Patients • Eligible patients must be: 1) individuals ≥ 18 years with advanced stage high grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are receiving or have completed platinum-based chemotherapy for ovarian cancer and are potentially eligible to receive maintenance therapy; 2) able to understand, speak or read in Spanish. Exclusion criteria: Patients • Inability or unwillingness to sign informed consent Inclusion criteria: Clinicians • Eligible clinicians will include: 1) MD Anderson gynecologic oncologists and advanced practice providers who practice at the Houston Area Locations (HALs), MD Anderson Cancer Center, or our county safety net hospital, The Harris Health System (LBJ Hospital). Exclusion criteria: Clinicians • Inability or unwillingness to sign informed consent

Study locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting
Larissa Meyer, M D · Contact
Larissa Meyer, MD · Principal Investigator
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