Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Communication Skills Intervention to Promote Transition Into Survivorship

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Maimonides Medical Center

Conditions:

Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve the communication skills of physicians who transition lymphoma cancer patients from the end of treatment to survivorship.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Physicians:
  • who treat patients with DLBCL and HD as per self report
  • Patients of Physicians:
  • have a new diagnosis of Hodgkin's or Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma as per pathology report or physician assessment in medical record and/or clinical judgment of the treating physician treated with curative intent.
  • For part 1 - have scans indicating remission and completing planned chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The treating physician will determine that clinical remission has been achieved based on their best judgment.
  • For part 2 (longitudinal phase): - have new scans indicating remission and completing planned chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The treating physician will determine that clinical remission has been achieved based on their best judgment.
  • be at least 18 years old
  • speak English well enough, in the judgment of the consenting professional, to be able to understand all aspects of the study, provide informed consent, and be able to complete all study measures.

Exclusion

  • Physicians:
  • who do not have adequate patients in their clinical practice to meet the 8 patient enrollment requirement for patients with either DLBCL or HD as per self report
  • Patients of Physicians:
  • show evidence of cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude giving permission to the study staff, or completing the survey instruments of the study.
  • as per physician judgment, patient's prognosis and/or co-morbidities make them inappropriate for participation in a survivorship study.
  • For Part 2 ONLY (longitudinal phase):
  • those who consented to part 1, consult recording, of the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2011

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

314 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01483664

Start Date

November 1 2011

End Date

November 1 2026

Last Update

December 18 2025

Active Locations (9)

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1

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606

2

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612

3

Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920

4

Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11220