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Physician education materials for Health Literacy

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Waitlist Available
Led By Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH
Research Sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up within two weeks after visit
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will evaluate whether educational materials and peer comparison can improve conversations about medical testing during annual physicals.

Eligible Conditions
  • Health Literacy
  • Health Care Utilization

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~within two weeks after visit
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and within two weeks after visit for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Shared Decision-Making Process 4 Survey
Secondary outcome measures
Discussion of next steps
Patient knowledge
Presence of testing discussion
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: Intervention ArmExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Intervention arm physicians will receive an email with feedback on how they compare to their peers in aggregate on test ordering during annual physicals, along with physician-facing education materials. This email will be sent before each patient study visit for all patients in the study. Participating patients of intervention arm physicians will receive patient education materials one to two days before their study visit.
Group II: Control ArmPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Control arm physicians receive an email with information on the general visit preparation tips that their patients will receive. Participating patients of control arm physicians will receive general visit preparation tips one to two days before their study visit.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Physician education materials
2021
N/A
~330
Patient education materials
2021
N/A
~330
Physician peer-comparison email
2021
N/A
~330

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Brigham and Women's HospitalLead Sponsor
1,611 Previous Clinical Trials
11,470,190 Total Patients Enrolled
RANDOTHER
137 Previous Clinical Trials
509,922 Total Patients Enrolled
Robert Wood Johnson FoundationOTHER
157 Previous Clinical Trials
686,505 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Shared Decision-making on Medical Tests and Care Cascades
Ishani Ganguli MD, MPH 2021. "Shared Decision-making on Medical Tests and Care Cascades". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04902664.
~84 spots leftby Apr 2025
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