RATIONALE: Understanding why patients participate in a phase I clinical trial may help doctors plan better treatment for cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying to determine the reasons for participation, perceptions, and expectations of patients receiving treatment for cancer in phase I clinical trials.
OBJECTIVES: * Describe the motivations, perceptions, and expectations of patients enrolled in a phase I clinical trial. * Assess the influence of age, education, and gender upon the perception of these patients. * Compare the difference in perceptions, motivations, and expectations of patients who have previously participated in a phase I clinical trial vs those who have not. * Determine whether patients' perceptions, motivations, and expectations change while enrolled in a phase I clinical trial. * Validate an interviewer-administered tool measuring the perceptions, motivations, and expectations of these patients. * Assess patients' perception of the information they were given while enrolled in a phase I clinical trial. OUTLINE: Patients are interviewed over the phone to evaluate their perceptions, motivations, and expectations of phase I clinical trials. Patients complete a questionnaire comprising 24 questions over 30-45 minutes. Interviews are conducted within 1 week after enrolling in a phase I clinical trial (prior to the first dose of study agent) and then again 2 months later (or at the time the patient stops treatment). The first 10 patients enrolled complete an additional 6 questions over 15 minutes during the first interview to validate the questionnaire, but do not complete a second interview. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 120 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Patients' perceptions, motivations, and expectations as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
Influence of age and education on perception as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
Compare difference between patients who have and who have not previously participated in phase I clinical trials as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
Changes in patients' perceptions, motivations, and expectations as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
Validate measurement of patients' perceptions, motivations, and expectations as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
Patient's perceptions of information given as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
Influence of gender upon perception as assessed by survey prior to and 2 months after enrollment on a phase I clinical trial
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