A study looking at how doctors and patients communicate and share decision making (QuEST -T1)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Breast cancer, Cervical cancer, Ovarian cancer, Vaginal cancer, Vulval cancer, Womb (uterine or endometrial) cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study looked at how doctors and patients communicate and how they share the decision making about a patient’s care.

This study is part of a larger programme that Cancer Research UK ran to:

include questionnaires into clinical care
help doctors develop a training programme to interpret and respond to issues raised in the quality of life questionnaires

Cancer Research UK supported this study. It was open for people to join between 2009 and 2010.

Recruitment start: 2 October 2009

Recruitment end: 30 September 2010

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Galina Velikova

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Leeds

Other information

The results of the QuEST studies have helped researchers to develop an eRAPID programme. This looked at a new online system to improve the monitoring and management of symptoms and side effects related to cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery).

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This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/07/073.

Last reviewed: 05 Feb 2019

CRUK internal database number: 5489