Decision Aid (DA) for Renal Patients

Description

The objective of this study is to understand how patients make decisions about treating their kidney masses, and to identify key values and preferences for treating their kidney masses. The study team will develop a decision aid (DA) using the decision-analytic model to communicate personalized benefit/harm estimates to patients and promote patient-centered treatment of renal tumors.

Conditions

Kidney Tumor, Renal Cancer

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The objective of this study is to understand how patients make decisions about treating their kidney masses, and to identify key values and preferences for treating their kidney masses. The study team will develop a decision aid (DA) using the decision-analytic model to communicate personalized benefit/harm estimates to patients and promote patient-centered treatment of renal tumors.

Evaluation of a Decision Aid in the Treatment Planning of Small Renal Tumors

Decision Aid (DA) for Renal Patients

Condition
Kidney Tumor
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New York

NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States, 10016

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Male and female post-op and pre-op patients, ages 18 and older, diagnosed with a localized renal tumor up to 4 cm in diameter.
  • * Patients scheduled for standard-of-care clinical exams with the NYU Urology Department
  • * Stage IV cancer of any type
  • * Inability to provide informed consent
  • * Vulnerable subjects will not be recruited

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

NYU Langone Health,

Stella Kang, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30