Evaluating the Use of Educational Videos in Newly Diagnosed Patients in a Medical Oncology Sarcoma Clinic

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sarcoma

Treatments: Other: Standard of Care; Other: Educational videos

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06805773

4693

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate how sarcoma-specific educational videos improve patients' knowledge of their disease and treatment options before their first clinic appointment.

Participants will watch four educational videos before their first appointment with a medical oncologist. Participants will be asked to complete surveys to assess their understanding of sarcoma and its treatment options before and after their first medical oncology clinic appointment.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Signed written and voluntary informed consent.
2. Have histologically documented advanced metastatic sarcoma, or is a caregiver of a patient with histologically documented advanced metastatic sarcoma.
3. Age ≥ 18 years.
4. Have not received any previous systemic treatment for sarcoma, or is a caregiver of a sarcoma patient who has not received any previous systemic treatment for sarcoma.
5. Willing/able to complete questionnaires.
6. Able to read and write in English.

Exclusion criteria

1. Inability to provide informed consent.
2. Previously seen by a medical oncologist for their sarcoma.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Educational Videos

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Educational videos

Standard of Care

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care