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Decision Aid and Thyroid Nodules Management

No phase Interventional Thyroid Nodule

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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: Thyroid Nodule Management Education.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Thyroid Nodule. Basic parameters: from 18 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
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Official title

Decision Aid for Management of Thyroid Nodules and Early Thyroid Cancer

Overview

Patients with small favorable malignant or indeterminate thyroid nodules will receive information about management of thyroid nodules. Participants will be asked to complete brief surveys at the time of enrollment, shortly after the consultation appointment with the surgeon, and a few months after either the consultation or the surgery, to assess their satisfaction with their decision and decision making process. All participants will receive routine care and counseling by their endocrinologist and surgeon.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Thyroid Nodule Management Education
    Participants will receive information about thyroid nodules and their management

Primary outcome measures

  • Rate of congruence between informed values and treatment choice [Time frame: 6 months from surgery or surgical consultation date]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Histology showing indeterminate or malignant thyroid pathology (Bethesda III-VI)
  • Thyroid nodule size less or equal to 2cm

Exclusion criteria

  • History of thyroid surgery
  • History of thyroid cancer

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Health services research

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Stony Brook University Cancer Center — Stony Brook

Identifiers

NCT: NCT05264857 · SBU-DECISION-AID-THYROID

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗