Tradeoffs in Patient Decision Making About Rectal Cancer Treatment: Benefits Compared to Quality Of Life.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorSir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital

About this trial

This study is aiming to look into patients' treatment preferences and their socio economic background as well as the exploration of thought processes leading to these preferences. It will integrate, in two exploratory questionnaires, the three most common treatment schema (standard of care, non-operative management, surgery alone) all of which have been demonstrated efficacious.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

New rectal cancer patient

Operable patients

Capable adults older than 18 years of age

Capacity to sign a consent form

Disqualifiers

Patient unable to sign a consent form

Patients with metastasis

Recurrent tumours

Inability to answer questionnaires on an online platform

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • The only intervention will be the information brochure that will be given after the first questionnaire.

Treatment groups

192 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups