An interventional study of MCDA and Delphi in Behavioral Changes, sponsored by ThinkWell. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-22.
Sponsored by ThinkWell · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
To examine the effects of using decision support tools during the online Delphi process.
The purpose of this exploratory work is to develop improved methods for building a protocol for a participatory randomized controlled trial. An online Delphi will be combined with an embedded trial testing the effectiveness of a decision support tool. This method provides for consensus building and collaborative problem-solving which is informed, and participatory. The online Delphi offers involvement and confidentiality thus sidestepping the complications of power imbalances and undue influence as respondents contribute anonymously.
The embedded trial was considered after the building of a database of existing online trials and conducting a descriptive analysis" Creating a database of Internet-based clinical trials to support a public-led research programme: A descriptive analysis, followed by the completion of a systematic overview of systematic overviews, "Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Trials Design: An Overview of Systematic Reviews" and followed this with an analysis of "Self-Management Open Online Trials in Health"(In review). The results included a lack of standardization, insufficient guidance for implementation and significant research reporting weaknesses. Decision-making support tools may improve decision quality.
This embedded trial will be implemented in an online Delphi to come to the consensus about what declarations and methods to include when building a participatory online trials protocol.
ThinkWell is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
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Protocol lab online trialsl Delphi (PLOT-D) Participant
Exclusion Criteria:
Behavioral: MCDA
Behavioral: Delphi
Experimental decision support
Standard support
My Decision Quality (MDQ)
MDQ is a patient reported outcome measure that combines a set of importance weights for multiple criteria (options, effect, importance, chance, trust, support ,control and commitment) with performance ratings for each option on these criteria and calculates the overall score as the expected value of these components.
Time frame: Up to 20 weeks or study completion
Time to consensus
Aggregated group time to reach consensus
Time frame: Up to 20 weeks or study completion
Plan to share: Yes — Individual participant data is not available due to data protection rules. De-identified aggregated data may be available by contacting the Principal Investigator
Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form
Time frame: following publication
Access criteria: contact PI
Ran from Mar 2019 to primary completion in May 2019, 2 months.
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