Formulating Expert Consensus Guidelines in Cancer Care Using the Delphi Method
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Questionnaire Administration.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm. Basic parameters: from 21 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Key Elements for Standardized Reporting in Prostate Cancer Management: An Expert Delphi Consensus Study
Overview
This study formulates consensus agreement on clinical key elements related to prostate cancer care that are critical for standardization and global reported using a robust Delphi technique, completely remote and electronic. The goal of this survey study is to have a panel of specialty-specific experts create a consensus agreement on a minimum set of key data elements for use in standardized reports. These recommendations would be used to develop standardized methods to report key data in electronic health records to better manage cancer patients at time of diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and into survivorship.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To formulate consensus agreement on a minimum set of clinical key elements that should be included in standardized reports in electronic health records when managing patients with prostate cancer.
OUTLINE:
Participants complete 3-4 rounds of questionnaires over 20-30 minutes each over 2 weeks.
Interventions
- Other Questionnaire Administration
Complete questionnaires
Primary outcome measures
- To establish a standardized methods to report key data in electronic health records to better manage cancer patients at time of diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and into survivor-ship. [Time frame: through study completion, an average of a year.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age 21 and above
- Board certification in Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics, Urology, and/or Medical Oncology
- Maintenance of an active practice that includes prostate cancer patients
- English speaking
Exclusion criteria
- Medical providers that are not board certified in the professions and/or those who do not treat prostate cancer
- Prisoners, children, and adults unable to consent to participation will also be excluded
- No exclusions were made based on sex, age, racial/ethnic background, or pregnancy status
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05054413 · 2020-1096 · NCI-2021-01928 · 2020-1096