Study of Patient Satisfaction With the Cancer Clinical Trial Experience

Summa Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00768976

Clinical trial experience

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the quality of the clinical trial experience of cancer patients participating in cancer research studies through Summa Health System Hospitals Cancer Research Program by evaluating patient satisfaction regarding reasons for participating, facility, consent and treatment, personal issues and overall assessment.

The secondary objective of this study is to determine areas for improvement to make the patient's clinical trial experience a satisfying and positive journey.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant must have participated in a clinical trial conducted by the Summa Health System Hospitals Cancer Research Program.
• Participant should have been registered for clinical trial participation three months prior to receiving the satisfaction survey.

Exclusion criteria

• Participant has withdrawn consent for clinical trial participation and/or follow up.
• Participant has a major medical illness that would prevent completion of the survey.