Critical Negotiations: Narrative Agreement, Negotiation, and Register Use in Encounters Between Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma and Their Oncologists
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observational
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1 country
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Study Start
July 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
October 2009
Actual (reported)Study Completion
October 2009
Actual (reported)The purpose of this study is to determine if the degree of agreement between patients and their physicians regarding the "story" of the illness correlates with improved patient symptom control and quality of life. Another goal of the study is to examine the actual language used by patients and physicians in a specific clinical situation.
Registry-reported information. Elapsed time and enrollment totals alone do not measure study progress or recruitment pace.
October 2009
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July 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
July 7, 2008
Actual (reported)July 9, 2008
Actual (reported)October 2009
Actual (reported)October 2009
Actual (reported)Correlation of degree of "narrative agreement" with validated quality of life measures
6-8 weeks
Medical Oncologists treating patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer receiving re-staging CT scans
Patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma and their physicians at a large community cancer center in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Hematology and Oncology Associates of Northeastern Pennsylvania, PC
Dunmore, Pennsylvania, 18512, United States
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Christian S Adonizio, MD
Hematology and Oncology Associates of NE Pennsylvania
5 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
July 7, 2008
First Posted
July 9, 2008
Study Start
July 2008
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Phase I Study of KRN330 Monoclonal Antibody in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
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Primary Completion
October 2009
Actual (reported)Study Completion
October 2009
Actual (reported)Last Updated
June 3, 2015
Record last verified: 2011-06
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