Web-Based Tailored Educational Program in Improving Nurse Communication With Patients About Clinical Trials

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy, no Evidence of Disease

Treatments: Other: Online education materials; Other: survey administration; Other: IMPACT intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02129517

NCI-2014-00829 (Registry Identifier)

CASE2Z14 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot, randomized clinical trial studies a web-based tailored educational program in improving nurse communication with patients about clinical trial treatment options. A web-based tailored educational program may empower and prepare nurses to discuss clinical trial treatment options with patients and may also increase patient participation in clinical trials.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To develop and pilot test a theory-driven, web-based, tailored, interactive educational program (Oncology Nurse IMPACT: Improving Communication with Patients about Clinical Trials) for oncology nurses to address barriers to discussing clinical trials with patients.

II. To implement Oncology Nurse IMPACT on a national level and conduct a formal program evaluation.

III. To evaluate the mediators and moderators of education program effect on intentions to discuss clinical trials with patients.

OUTLINE: Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 intervention arms.

ARM I: Oncology nurses watch web-based informational video clips addressing knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control (barriers of discussing clinical trials with patients). They also watch role-play video clips to help improve perceived behavioral control and address attitudinal barriers.

ARM II: Oncology nurses view online clinical trials educational materials developed based upon National Cancer Institute (NCI) clinical trials educational materials for health care providers. The educational materials contain text and tables as presented on the NCI Website.

After completion of study intervention, participants are followed for 3 months.

Enrollment: 1,262 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently practicing nurse
• Involved in direct patient care
• Self-identify in one of the following primary practice roles--case managers, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, managers/coordinators, nurse navigators, patient educators, and staff nurses
• Available email address

Exclusion criteria

• Research nurses, nurses without direct patient care, and nurse managers/directors (i.e. not involved in direct patient care)
• Lack of email address

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,262 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm I (IMPACT Intervention)

Experimental group

Description:

Oncology nurses watch tailored, web-based informational video clips addressing knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control (barriers of discussing clinical trials with patients). They also watch role-play video clips to help improve perceived behavioral control and address attitudinal barriers.

Treatment:

Other: IMPACT intervention

Other: survey administration

Arm II (online educational materials)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Oncology nurses view online clinical trials educational materials developed based upon NCI clinical trials educational materials for health care providers. The educational materials contain text and tables as presented on the NCI Website.

Treatment:

Other: Online education materials

Other: survey administration