NCT06804837

Brief Summary

The investigators plan to conduct a stepped wedge randomized control trial to implement and test the consent template and process in three studies. Randomization will occur at the research coordinator/research team level. Each participating research team member will begin in the standard consent arm of the study. Subsequently, they will be randomized to the visual key information page arm at staggered time points to undergo training and begin using the visual key information page with patients who are eligible for the selected research study.

Trial Health

75
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
266

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable cancer

Timeline
1mo left

Started Mar 2025

Geographic Reach
1 country

3 active sites

Status
active not recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress95%
Mar 2025May 2026

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 27, 2025

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 3, 2025

Completed
1 month until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 10, 2025

Completed
1.2 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 31, 2026

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

May 31, 2026

Last Updated

April 27, 2026

Status Verified

April 1, 2026

Enrollment Period

1.2 years

First QC Date

January 27, 2025

Last Update Submit

April 21, 2026

Conditions

Keywords

Informed consentKey informationCommon RuleResearch ethics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

  • Change in feasibility (FIM) of implementation (Research Staff only)

    4 items on a Likert scale ranging from completely disagree to completely agree. Higher scores indicate greater feasibility. (1=completely disagree, 3= neither agree nor disagree, 5= completely agree)

    From baseline to end of study (estimated to be 4 months)

  • Change in acceptability (AIM) of implementation measures (Research Staff only)

    4 items on a Likert scale ranging from completely disagree to completely agree. Higher scores indicate greater acceptability. (1=completely disagree, 3= neither agree nor disagree, 5= completely agree)

    From baseline to end of study (estimated to be 4 months)

  • Change in appropriateness (IAM) of implementation measure (Research Staff only)

    4 items on a Likert scale ranging from completely disagree to completely agree. Higher scores indicate greater appropriateness. (1=completely disagree, 3= neither agree nor disagree, 5= completely agree)

    From baseline to end of study (estimated to be 4 months)

  • Change in organizational willingness and ability to implement strategies (Research staff only)

    Measure of organizational readiness for engagement (MORE) measure; 4-point scale (1=not willing, 4=; willing) report mean and SD; higher scores indicate higher level of readiness

    From baseline to end of study (estimated to be 4 months)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Knowledge of information provided in the consent (Participant only)

    At time of consent review (day 1)

  • Satisfaction of information provided in the consent (Participant only)

    At time of consent review (day 1)

  • Decisional conflict (Participant only)

    At time of consent review (day 1)

  • Number of enrollments to clinical trials (Participant only)

    At time of consent review (day 1)

Study Arms (4)

Research Staff: Standard Consent

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Each participating research team member will begin in the standard consent arm of the study. The standard consent consists of a summary using text only.

Other: Standard consent

Research Staff: Visual Consent

EXPERIMENTAL

After beginning in the standard consent arm, the research staff will then be randomized to the visual key information page arm at staggered time points to undergo training and begin using the visual key information page with patients who are eligible for the selected research study. Research staff will also complete a baseline survey to assess feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of using visual consent pages as well as their institution's willingness and ability to implement using visual key information pages into routine care. Research staff will also complete a post-study survey on attitudes toward consent, the intervention (feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness of the intervention), organizational readiness for participant engagement, and willingness to continue the invention.

Other: Visual consent

Participants: Visual Consent

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will view the visual consent summary and will complete surveys with measures of knowledge, satisfaction with the information, decisional conflict, and potential covariates (i.e., demographics and health literacy).

Other: Visual consent

Participants: Standard Consent

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will view the standard consent consisting of summary text only and will complete surveys with measures of knowledge, satisfaction with the information, decisional conflict, and potential covariates (i.e., demographics and health literacy).

Other: Standard consent

Interventions

Visual key information page

Participants: Visual ConsentResearch Staff: Visual Consent

Summary text only

Participants: Standard ConsentResearch Staff: Standard Consent

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Written informed consent was obtained to participate in the study and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information.
  • Participant is willing and able to comply with study procedures based on the judgment of the investigator.
  • Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-1.
  • Consent to a mandatory pre-study biopsy if archival tissue is not available or sufficient.
  • Participants with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen.
  • Washington University:
  • Returning Research Results That Indicate Risk of Alzheimer Disease Dementia to Healthy Participants in Longitudinal Studies (WeSHARE)
  • Participants of the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center.
  • Participants with available results from an Alzheimer Disease blood biomarker test.
  • Participants who agreed to be contacted for additional research studies.
  • University of Utah:
  • Huntsman Cancer Institute Total Cancer Care
  • Participants who have been diagnosed with any type of tumor or cancer.
  • Participants with genetic predispositions or family history of cancer or tumors.
  • +3 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Location

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

Location

University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI)

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Cooksey KE, Goldstein EC, Lee CN, Mozersky J, Kaphingst KA, Liu J, Wu S, Volkmar M, Catalan-Gallegos V, Politi MC. Implementing and evaluating visual key information pages compared to text-based key information: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. BMC Med Ethics. 2025 Nov 29;27(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12910-025-01341-y.

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

NeoplasmsAlzheimer Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

DementiaBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesTauopathiesNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurocognitive DisordersMental Disorders

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Intervention Model
SEQUENTIAL
Model Details: This is a stepped wedge randomized control trial to implement and test the consent template and process in three studies. Randomization will occur at the research coordinator/research team level. Each participating research team member will begin in the standard consent arm of the study. Subsequently, they will be randomized to the visual key information page arm at staggered time points to undergo training and begin using the visual key information page with patients who are eligible for the selected research study.
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 27, 2025

First Posted

February 3, 2025

Study Start

March 10, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

May 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

May 31, 2026

Last Updated

April 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Prior to sharing, data will be redacted to strip all identifiers and strategies will be adopted to minimize risks of unauthorized disclosure of personal identifiers. Publicly available documentation will include the survey questions (including any relevant skip patterns), a codebook, univariate statistics for each variable, and study-level metadata. The codebook will include a brief description of each variable along with the question number and question text, variable name, variable label, value labels, and standard codes for missing values-including codes for non-applicable, "don't know," or prefer not to answer. User information will be required to access data files. As part of the registration process, users must agree to the conditions of use governing access to the data, including restrictions around redistributing data, destruction of the data after analyses, immediate reporting of any disclosures, and proper acknowledgment of the data resource.

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
Time Frame
Final submission and release of the study data will occur 12 months following the end of data collection. Study data deposited will be available to the research community in perpetuity. Datasets underlying methodological publications will be shared at or prior to initial publication date.
Access Criteria
Researchers who provide a methodologically sound plan.

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