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Published in: Implementation Science 1/2008

Open Access 01-12-2008 | Study protocol

Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol

Authors: Jamie C Brehaut, Alison Lott, Dean A Fergusson, Kaveh G Shojania, Jonathan Kimmelman, Raphael Saginur

Published in: Implementation Science | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

Background

Evidence shows that the standard process for obtaining informed consent in clinical trials can be inadequate, with study participants frequently not understanding even basic information fundamental to giving informed consent. Patient decision aids are effective decision support tools originally designed to help patients make difficult treatment or screening decisions. We propose that incorporating decision aids into the informed consent process will improve the extent to which participants make decisions that are informed and consistent with their preferences. A mixed methods study will test this proposal.

Methods

Phase one of this project will involve assessment of a stratified random sample of 50 consent documents from recently completed investigator-initiated clinical trials, according to existing standards for supporting good decision making. Phase two will involve interviews of a purposive sample of 50 trial participants (10 participants from each of five different clinical areas) about their experience of the informed consent process, and how it could be improved. In phase three, we will convert consent forms for two completed clinical trials into decision aids and pilot test these new tools using a user-centered design approach, an iterative development process commonly employed in computer usability literature. In phase four, we will conduct a pilot observational study comparing the new tools to standard consent forms, with potential recruits to two hypothetical clinical trials. Outcomes will include knowledge of key aspects of the decision, knowledge of the probabilities of different outcomes, decisional conflict, the hypothetical participation decision, and qualitative impressions of the experience.

Discussion

This work will provide initial evidence about whether a patient decision aid can improve the informed consent process. The larger goal of this work is to examine whether study recruitment can be improved from (barely) informed consent based on disclosure-oriented documents, towards a process of high-quality participant decision-making.
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Metadata
Title
Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol
Authors
Jamie C Brehaut
Alison Lott
Dean A Fergusson
Kaveh G Shojania
Jonathan Kimmelman
Raphael Saginur
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Implementation Science / Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1748-5908
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-3-38

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