title: Development of a cancer clinical trials multi-media intervention: clinical trials: are they right for you?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe processes used to develop a multi-media psycho-educational intervention to prepare patients for a discussion about cancer clinical trials (CTs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Guided by a Steering Committee, formative research was conducted to develop an informative and engaging tool about cancer CTs. Twenty-three patients and caregivers participated in formative in-depth interviews to elicit information about perceptions of cancer CTs to inform production of a new media product.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Formative research revealed participants had concerns about experimentation, held beliefs that cancer CTs were for patients who had no other treatment options, and wanted a balance of information about pros and cons of CT participation. The value of physicians as credible spokespersons and the use of patients as role-models were supported. Using iterative processes, the production team infused the results into creation of a multimedia psycho-educational intervention titled Clinical Trials: Are they Right for You?
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An intervention, developed through an iterative consumer-focused process involving multiple stakeholders and formative research, may result in an engaging informative product.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If found to be efficacious, Clinical Trials: Are they Right for You? is a low-cost and easily disseminated multimedia psycho-educational intervention to assist cancer patients with making an informed decision about cancer CTs.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa FL 33612, USA. Kwells1@health.usf.edu
authors.forename: Kristen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Gwendolyn P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Cathy D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Meade
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Dinorah Martinez
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tyson
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jim
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation; D010465:Perception; D016730:Program Development