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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
NCT02732834

Clinician-Patient Communication in Lung Cancer Care

Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand communication between patients with lung cancer and their clinicians. The investigators are also interested in patient's perceptions of the quality of communication with his/her clinician and how these perceptions may impact patient outcomes. The clinician participating in this study and has given us permission to approach his/her eligible patients for study participation.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

294

Start Date

2016-01

Completion Date

2027-01

Last Updated

2026-02-05

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

patients will fill out a questionnaire about their perceived stigma, satisfaction with communication, and psychological distress.

BEHAVIORAL

Patient Interview

Then they will participate in a brief in-person interview about their perceived stigma during the clinical consultation

BEHAVIORAL

Audio recordings of clinical consultations

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Patients will fill out a questionnaire about their perceived stigma and satisfaction with their clinician's communication.

BEHAVIORAL

2-hour empathic communication skills training

2-hour empathic communication skills training

BEHAVIORAL

Standardized Patient Assessments

pre-training SPA, post-training SPA

BEHAVIORAL

Training evaluation

Clinicians will complete an evaluation assessing the empathic communication training module.

BEHAVIORAL

Patient recruitment

6 of the clinician's patients (3 pre-training, 3 post-training) will be recruited to complete brief surveys assessing clinician communication

Locations (7)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent and follow-up only)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent and follow-up only)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent and follow-up only)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Consent and follow-up only)

Commack, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent and follow-up only)

Harrison, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent and Follow-Up only)

Uniondale, New York, United States