Patient Journey in Advanced Gynecologic Cancers

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorTongji Hospital

About this trial

This is a mixed-methods survey study including a 2-phased sequential-explanatory design. This study is to understand the patient journey in conventional therapy for newly diagnosed stage III or IV CC or EC in China, including ①patients' treatment decision making factors and treatment experiences and ② patients' unmet needs during post-treatment surveillance.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 18 or older

Newly diagnosed stage III or IV CC or EC

Completed their initial conventional therapies which must include at least chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination between Dec. 2022 to Dec. 2024 and the therapies were within 6 months after diagnosis.

Told by their physician that their disease is stable.

Disqualifiers

Previously treated with targeted biologic therapy anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor.

Previously participated in or participating in a clinical trial.

Patients who received another line of therapy after initial therapy.

Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.

Trial population

It is estimated that \~780 patients will be included in this study. For qualitative insights, previous studies have shown that a minimum of 12 respondents (Guest et al. 2006) is required to reach data saturation. A sample size of \~30 will be sufficient to gather qualitative insights and attain saturation. For quantitative survey, considering most of the variables in quantitative survey are categorical variables, we tend to use 50% in the sample size formula since it will provide us with the maximum sample size required for any question, we calculated the sample size to be \~750 with a confidence interval of 95% and margin of error 5%. The number of specific experts interviewed may be fine-tuned depending on actual implementation.

Trial design

Design model

Other

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • interview

    Other intervention

    30 for Qualitative interview and 750 for quantitative survey

Treatment groups

780 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: experimental group1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Treatment decision making

1. Information seeking in treatment decision 2. Treatment decision making factors 3. Clinical trial awareness

Time frame
1 day. At the time of the interview.
2

Initial treatment experiences

1. Influence of treatment on daily life and work 2. Information and education during treatment 3. Coordination of care 4. Overall impression on care received and doctor/nurses' availability

Time frame
1 day. At the time of the interview.
3

Unmet needs and gaps from diagnosis to post-treatment surveillance

1. Psychological and emotional needs 2. Social support needs 3. Healthcare needs 4. Gaps during follow-up care

Time frame
1 day. At the time of the interview.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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