An observational study in Advanced Cancers, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-18.
Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Observational
Objectives:
The primary objective of the research project is to investigate how declining health status influences the end-of-life (EOL) treatment preferences in Latino Medicare beneficiaries with cancer and to examine if and how these preferences are modified by predisposing characteristics (i.e., acculturation, education, medical mistrust, perceived racism) and/or provider-related characteristics (i.e., ethnicity, language used, provision of interpreters, or patient navigators). The specific aims are:
Latino Medicare Beneficiary With Cancer:
This study will determine if the combination of declining health, cultural factors (such as language of choice) and meeting the cultural and language needs of Latino cancer patients influence end-of-life treatment choices over time.
If participant decides to take part in this study, participant will complete a questionnaire once a month for 9 months, over the telephone. The questionnaire asks participant about participant's end of life and decision making preferences, as well as questions about participant's health status and other basic questions about participant such as participant's education level, age, and health insurance. The first phone questionnaire, the one participant will answer today, will take about 30 - 40 minutes to complete. The monthly surveys after today will take about 20 - 30 minutes to complete each month. Participant will be considered off of the study in nine months.
Should participant become too ill and are unable to complete the surveys, researchers will ask a proxy to respond on participant's behalf. A proxy in this case, should be someone participant trusts, who knows participant well enough to know how to answer the health questionnaire on participant's behalf. A proxy is usually a spouse, child, other close family member or friend. This person will only have to answer questions about participant. He or she will not answer any questions about him or herself. Researchers will ask participant to provide researchers with the contact information of the person participant selects as participant's "questionnaire proxy" today at the end of this consent form. If participant is able to complete all 9 surveys, researchers will not contact the proxy.
Information from this study will be used only for research purposes. All identifying information such as participant's name and address will be kept private. This information may be kept at MD Anderson and University of Houston (UH) forever. Participant will be assigned a code number so that participant's name will not be used. The research team at MD Anderson and UH will be able to link the code number to participant's name. Researchers will take appropriate steps to keep participant's survey responses confidential. However, there is no guarantee of absolute confidentiality. Participant's information will be protected according to state and federal law. The research team may share study information with certain individuals including the National Institutes of Health and institutional study monitors who verify the accuracy of the information to see that the research is being conducted in a safe and correct manner.
Answering the survey questions over the phone may cause participant to feel tired. The questionnaires may involve topics that are sensitive in nature. Participant may refuse to answer any question that makes participant feel uncomfortable. If participant has concerns after completing the survey, participant is encouraged to contact participant's doctor, the study chair, or MD Anderson's Institutional Review Board.
Latino Medicare Beneficiary Without Cancer:
This study will determine if the combination of declining health, cultural factors (such as language of choice) and meeting the cultural and language needs of Latino cancer patients (provider ethnicity, use of interpreters), influence end-of-life treatment choices over time.
If participant decides to take part in this study, participant will complete a one-time questionnaire today, over the telephone. The questionnaire asks participant about participant's end of life and decision making preferences, as well as questions about participant's health status and other basic questions about participant such as participant's education level, age, and health insurance. This questionnaire will take about 30 - 40 minutes to complete. Participant will be considered off the study after participant completes this one-time questionnaire.
Information from this study will be used only for research purposes. All identifying information such as participant's name and address will be kept private. This information may be kept at MD Anderson and University of Houston (UH) forever. Participant will be assigned a code number so that participant's name will not be used. The research team at MD Anderson and UH will be able to link the code number to participant's name. Researchers will take appropriate steps to keep participant's survey responses confidential. However, there is no guarantee of absolute confidentiality. Participant's information will be protected according to state and federal law. The research team may share study information with certain individuals including the National Institutes of Health and institutional study monitors who verify the accuracy of the information to see that the research is being conducted in a safe and correct manner.
Answering the survey questions over the phone may cause participant to feel tired. The questionnaires may involve topics that are sensitive in nature. Participant may refuse to answer any question that makes participant feel uncomfortable. If participant has concerns after completing the questionnaires and interviews, participant is encouraged to contact participant's doctor or the study chair.
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Survey of 200 older Latino Medicare beneficiaries from the greater Houston area enrolled in a larger national Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration Project (CPTD).
Exclusion Criteria:
Monthly Telephone Survey of Cohort with stage III or greater of breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer up until 12 months.
Behavioral: Telephone Survey
Single Telephone Survey of Cohort without a history of cancer.
Behavioral: Telephone Survey
Telephone interviews (survey) at baseline taking approximately 30-40 minutes to complete; follow-up monthly surveys for cancer patients take 20-30 minutes to complete, follow ups until 12 months or death.
Also known as: Interviews
End of Life Treatment Preferences of Older Latinos With and Without Cancer (Survey Responses)
Survey of how changes in functional status influence End of Life (EOL) treatment preferences among older Latinos with cancer. EOL treatment preferences treated as a continuous variable (0-10) and functional status assessed using Patient-reported Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Scale where low functional status will be defined as an ECOG score of 3 or 4 and high as 0-2.
Time frame: Once a month for 12 months
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