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Visual Communication: Can a Digital Tool Improve the Understanding of Treatment Options for Patients With Cancer and Increase Satisfaction of the Overall Experience for Patients, Caregivers, and Providers?

NCT ID: NCT06927050Sponsor: NYU Langone HealthLast updated: 2026-02-25

Summary

This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.

Arms & interventions

BehavioralVisual Communication Tool
MyCareGorithm will be used during the patient consultation encounter to explain their disease location and stage, role of radiation, logistics of radiation treatment delivery and sequencing of treatment. MyCareGorithm is an online educational tool that will be displayed to the patient via iPad or Microsoft tablet.

Outcome measures

Primary

Percentage of "Satisfied" Patients
Patients will take a 9-item survey assessing satisfaction with the intervention. Each item is rated as "Yes" or "No." The total score is the sum of "Yes" responses; patients with 6 or more "Yes" answers out of 9 questions are defined as "Satisfied" patients.
Time frame: Day 0

Secondary

Percentage of "Satisfied" Caregivers
Time frame: Day 0
Percentage of "Satisfied" Providers
Time frame: Day 0

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years to 100 YearsHealthy volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria: Patients: * Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025 * Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old * Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck * English speaking patients * Patients being treated with definitive intent * Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy * Willing and able to provide consent Caregivers: * Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and exclusion criteria above. * Willing and able to provide consent Providers: * Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical oncology and radiation oncology, and in the ear nose throat (ENT) department. * Willing and able to provide consent * aged 18 years to 100 years old Exclusion Criteria: Patients: * Patients with any other site of disease other than listed above * Non-English-speaking patients, as the tool is currently available in English only. Translation into additional languages such as Spanish and Russian is currently in process. * Patient unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently Caregivers: • Unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently

Study locations (1)

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, 10016

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