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Decision Aid Efficacy in Low Risk Thyroid Cancer

Efficacy of a Patient-facing Decision Aid in Reducing Decision Anxiety and Improving Decision Readiness in Low Risk Thyroid Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Low-risk thyroid cancer grows very slowly. More than 99% of patients with this cancer survive for at least 5 years. There are 3 main treatment options: remove the whole thyroid, remove just the part of the thyroid with the cancer in it, or leave the cancer in the thyroid and monitor it. Survival is similar across the 3 main treatment options. It can be difficult for patients to choose a treatment option, especially when feeling anxious about the cancer diagnosis. In this study, enrolled patients will receive a decision aid after finding out they have cancer but before meeting a surgeon. This decision aid is a pamphlet. It gives information about the treatment options and a list of questions for patients to ask their surgeons at their clinic visit. The investigators will test whether this aid changes patient decision anxiety and decision readiness.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
34 (estimated)
First submitted
2 Apr 2026
Start date
15 May 2026
Primary completion date
15 Jun 2028
Lead sponsor
University of Maryland, Baltimore
NCT number
NCT07536412

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 34
  • From 15 May 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Jun 2028
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Prior consultation with surgeon regarding the thyroid nodule / cancer in question

Other illness

  • Cancer/nodule has high risk features (e.g. extrathyroidal extension on ultrasound)
  • History of thyroid cancer
  • History of thyroid surgery

Other

  • Currently pregnant (per patient report)

Who the study is looking for

  • Low-risk thyroid cancer or thyroid nodule suspicious for malignancy
  • English-speaking

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of Maryland, Baltimore
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BaltimoreUnited StatesUnknown status

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