NCT06927050NARecruiting
Visual Communication: Digital Tool to Improve the Understanding of Treatment Options for Patients With Cancer and Increase Satisfaction of the Overall Experience for Patients, Caregivers, and Providers
NYU Langone Health
Start Date
4/21/2025
Completion Date
4/1/2026
Summary
This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to 100 years
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients:
* Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025
* Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old
* Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck
* English speaking patients
* Patients being treated with definitive intent
* Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy
* Willing and able to provide consent
Caregivers:
* Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and exclusion criteria above.
* Willing and able to provide consent
Providers:
* Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical oncology and radiation oncology, and in the ear nose throat (ENT) department.
* Willing and able to provide consent
* aged 18 years to 100 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients:
* Patients with any other site of disease other than listed above
* Non-English-speaking patients, as the tool is currently available in English only. Translation into additional languages such as Spanish and Russian is currently in process.
* Patient unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently
Caregivers:
• Unable to complete the survey portion of the study independently
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL
Visual Communication Tool
Conditions
Cancer
Locations
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York 10016
United States