Effect of Education on Treatment Decision Making for Patients With Prostate Cancer on Chronic Hormone Treatments

The University of Chicago

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Patient Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04705038

IRB20-0736

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to learn how an educational intervention about orchiectomy as an alternative to medical castration for those who are already on medical castration will impact the number of patients willing to undergo an orchiectomy (surgery to remove the testicles).

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma
• Receiving luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist or LHRH antagonist therapy continuously for at least 1 year with anticipated lifelong therapy
• Able to complete written surveys in English

Exclusion criteria

• More than 2 prior systemic treatment regimens utilized in addition to castration.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Educational Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm undergo a short educational session about orchiectomy. They will also be asked to complete questionnaires.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Patient Education

No Intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants that decline the education session will continue with routine care of their cancer. They will also be asked to complete questionnaires.