Assessments of Genetic Counseling Augmented With an Educational Video or Pamphlet Versus Traditional Counseling

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT05132868

Status

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Purpose

The purpose of this research study is to understand the impact of an educational video or pamphlet on the patient experience in a hereditary cancer genetic counseling program. In order to make this assessment, it is necessary to perform qualitative and quantitative research among patients in a hereditary cancer genetic counseling clinic.

Official Title

Assessments of Genetic Counseling Augmented With an Educational Video or Pamphlet Versus Traditional Counseling

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. Inclusion criteria for: Limited English Proficiency (LEP), primarily Spanish speaking cohort - Preferred language for receiving medical information is Spanish - Has a personal or family history of cancer - If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of breast cancer cohort - Personal or family history of breast cancer - English is preferred language - If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of prostate cancer cohort - Personal or family history of prostate cancer - English is preferred language - If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of any type of cancer referred for germline testing based on a genetic variant identified during tumor genomic analysis for the patient or affected family member cohort. - Personal or family history of any type of cancer - Referred based on a variant identified during tumor genomic analysis - English is preferred language - If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancer, referred because they or their affected relative screened positive for Lynch Syndrome based on either an immunohistochemistry test or evidence of mismatch repair deficiency in their tumor cohort. - Personal or family history of gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancer - Screened positive for Lynch Syndrome based on IHC or MMR testing - English is preferred language - If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet Inclusion criteria for: Individuals with a personal or family history of ovarian and/or pancreatic cancer cohort - Personal or family history of ovarian, and/or pancreatic cancer - English is preferred language - If assigned to the arm where they need to be pre-educated with a video or pamphlet, attests that they viewed the video or pamphlet
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. - Individuals who are minors - Individuals who are decisionally impaired

Investigator(s)

James Ford
James Ford
Medical oncologist, Gastrointestinal specialist, Cancer geneticist
Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Genetics and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

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Misha Rashkin