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Cancer patients vote: exam room or waiting room?

NCT ID NCT03671226

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Recruitment status, easiest to join first

Recruiting now
This trial is taking on new participants right now.
Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing This study
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
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Expanded access (paused)
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Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study asks cancer patients and their caregivers whether they would rather wait in an exam room or a waiting room when they arrive at the clinic. The goal is to understand their preferences to improve the clinic experience. About 406 people with advanced cancer and their caregivers are taking part.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

406 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Sep 2018

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient: Have advanced cancer, defined as locally advanced, metastatic or incurable disease. * Patient: Seen at University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) outpatient Supportive Care Center for consultation (first visit). * Patient: Provided informed consent. * Patient: Can read and speak English or Spanish. * Patient: Has a consenting caregiver at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit. * Caregiver: Provided informed consent. * Caregiver: Can read and speak English or Spanish. * Caregiver: Must be with consenting patient at the time of the Supportive Care consultation visit. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient: Delirium diagnosed by palliative care physician or nurse and/or Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) \>= 7 or dementia. * Patient: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish. * Patient: No caregiver at the time of Supportive Care consultation visit. * Caregiver: Inability to read and speak English or Spanish.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer metastatic malignant neoplasm Neoplasm Metastasis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Advanced malignant neoplasm Caregiver Locally advanced malignant neoplasm Metastatic malignant neoplasm

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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