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About this study

Research indicates that perceived stigma within medical encounters is prevalent and problematic for lung cancer patients' well-being and quality of cancer care. Promoting empathic communication appears to be a potentially effective intervention target to help reduce patients' perceptions of stigma within clinical encounters; however, no formal trainings exist that focus on teaching empathic communication to oncology care providers (OCPs). Building upon favorable findings from a prior R21 (R21CA202793) and the importance of developing interventions to address lung cancer stigma, our goal is to conduct a national trial of empathic communication skills (ECS) training to facilitate improvements in the medical and psychosocial care of patients through de-stigmatizing interactions with OCPs for patients diagnosed with lung cancer.

Condition
Lung Cancer
Tested
Empathic Communication Skills (ECS) training, Standard of Care participant interaction
Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Who can join

Age
18 to 100 years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Inclusion 23

  • Minimum age: 18 years
  • Maximum age: 100 years
  • Study condition: Lung Cancer
  • Site Eligibility
  • Employs at least 15 FTE OCPs (i.e., oncologists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants) as per self report
  • Reports a clinic volume of at least 20 new lung cancer patients per month as per self report
  • OCP Participant Eligibility
  • OCPs who are thoracic oncology physicians (radiologists, medical oncologists, pulmonologists, and surgeons), NPs, or PAs and currently treating lung cancer patients, as per self-report;
  • OCP conducts consultations with lung cancer patients, as per self-report;
  • OCP sees at least 1 lung cancer patient per week, as per self-report;
  • Patient Eligibility
  • Patient under the care of a participating OCP as per self report;
  • English and/or Spanish speaking;
  • In general, which language do you prefer to receive your medical care, English/Spanish/both English and Spanish Equally?
  • If English, treat as fluent in English, no additional language questions
  • If Spanish, treat as fluent in Spanish, no additional language questions
  • If both English and Spanish equally, ask the follow-up questions and go with whichever language is endorsed as best. If endorsed equally, assign to category patient prefers
  • How well do you speak English? Not at all/ Not well/Well/Very well
  • How well do you speak Spanish? Not at all/Not well/Well/Very well
  • Is at least 18 years of age as per self report;
  • Has a history of suspicious lung mass or confirmed lung cancer diagnosis, as per clinician judgment or medical record note;
  • Is a former or current smoking as per self report;
  • Has had no more than 10 prior visits with the participating OCP, as per the medical record and/or self report

Exclusion 3

  • Patient Exclusion
  • Individuals of impaired decision-making capacity as per a clinician's judgment or as documented in the EMR.
  • Site and OCP Exclusion

Where

12 sites, 8 recruiting

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Data Collection Only)

Buffalo, New York, United States

Recruiting

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Data Collection Only)

Chesapeake, Virginia, United States

Recruiting

Hackensack Meridian Health (Data collection only)

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Recruiting

Advocate Health Care Network

Libertyville, Illinois, United States

Recruiting

BAPTIST ALLIANCE - MCI (Data Collection Only)

Miami, Florida, United States

Recruiting

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

New York, New York, United States

Recruiting

and 6 more sites on ClinicalTrials.gov

Contact

Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.