Status:
COMPLETED
Shared Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening: a Practice-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina
Collaborating Sponsors:
RTI International
Conditions:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Eligibility:
MALE
40-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intervention designed to help men share decisions about prostate cancer screening with their physician results in better decision making, more shar...
Detailed Description
Background: Professional societies recommend shared decision making for prostate cancer screening, however, most effort has been directed at informed rather than shared decision making. In this study,...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Ages 40-80 years
- Their physician agreed to participate in the study
- Seen in practice for at least one year
Exclusion
- Prior history of prostate cancer
- Presenting for acute medical visit
- Non-skin cancer
- Lung disease requiring oxygen
- Renal failure requiring dialysis
- Intensive care visit in last 6 months
- Need assistance with activities of daily living
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
128 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00630188
Start Date
March 1 2005
End Date
April 1 2006
Last Update
March 6 2008
Active Locations (4)
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1
Chapel Hill North General Internal Medicine Practice
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27516
2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Medicine Clinic
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
3
Moses Cone Internal Medicine Practice
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, 27401
4
Triad Internal Medicine
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, 27405