Formulating Expert Consensus Guidelines in Cancer Care Using the Delphi Method

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

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

Trial population

Participants with board certification in Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics, Urology, and/or Medical Oncology

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Questionnaire Administration

    Other intervention

    Complete questionnaires

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Observational (questionnaire)1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

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.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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