Can a digital tool help High-Risk patients decide on pancreatic cancer screening?
NCT ID NCT07808671
First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Pancreatic cancer is hard to catch early, and screening guidelines for high-risk people remain uncertain. Researchers at UNC are testing an electronic decision support tool that guides patients and doctors through a shared conversation about whether to screen. The pilot study enrolls 40 adults eligible for pancreatic cancer screening and measures whether the tool is acceptable, feasible, and usable in clinic. It also checks whether patients learn more about the screening decision.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an electronic decision support tool for shared decision-making about pancreatic cancer screening
- What this could lead to
- If it works, the tool could give high-risk patients and their doctors a clearer, more structured way to weigh the uncertain benefits and harms of pancreatic cancer screening.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study of 40 people at one clinic, so it cannot show whether the tool improves outcomes or saves lives. It only tests whether people find it usable and whether it fits into real clinic visits.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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.
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Adults who are eligible for pancreatic cancer screening according to current National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines. * Not currently enrolled in a pancreatic cancer screening program. * Referred to or previously seen at the UNC High Risk GI Cancer Clinic. * English-speaking. * Able and willing to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Currently enrolled in a pancreatic cancer screening program. * Does not meet pancreatic cancer screening eligibility criteria according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines. * Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent. * Non-English speaking.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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