The role of experience and clinical decision support in clinical trial accrual within oncology.

Authors

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Waqas Haque

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Waqas Haque , Ann M. Geiger , Celette Sugg Skinner , Rasmi Nair , Simon Craddock Lee , John V. Cox , David E. Gerber , Caitlin C. Murphy

Organizations

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, Natl Cancer Inst, Rockville, MD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: Patient accrual for cancer clinical trials is suboptimal. The complexity of applying eligibility criteria and enrolling patients may deter oncologists from recommending patients for a trial. As such, there is a need to understand how experience, training, and clinical decision support impact physician practices and intentions related to trial accrual. Methods: From May to September 2017, we conducted a survey on clinical trial accrual in a national sample of medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists. The 20-minute survey assessed barriers and facilitators to clinical trial accrual, including experience (e.g., “In the past 5 years, have you been a study or site PI of a trial?”), training (e.g., “Did you receive training about trial design and recruitment as part of medical school, residency, or fellowship? After fellowship?”), and clinical decision support (e.g., “What kind of clinical decision support has your practice implemented?). We used logistic regression to identify factors associated with frequency of discussing trials (with ≥25% of patients) and likelihood of recommending a trial to a patient (likely or very likely) in the future. Results: Survey respondents (n = 1,030) were mostly medical oncologists (59%), age 35-54 years (67%), male (74%), and not in academic practice (58%). About 18% of respondents (n = 183) reported discussing trials with ≥25% of their patients, and 80% reported being likely or very likely to recommend a trial to a patient in the future. Prior experience as principal investigator of a trial was associated with both frequency of discussing trials (OR 3.27, 95% CI 2.25, 4.75) and likelihood of recommending a trial in the future (OR 5.22, 95% CI 3.71, 7.34), as was receiving additional training in clinical trials after fellowship (discussion with patients: OR 2.48, 95% CI 1.80, 3.42; recommend in future: OR 1.92, 95% CI 1.37, 2.69). Implementing clinical decision support was not associated with discussing trials with ≥25% of patients (OR 1.12, 95% CI 0.76, 1.67), but was associated with being likely to recommend a trial in the future (OR 1.73, 95% CI 1.11, 2.71). Conclusions: In a national survey of oncologists, we observed differences in physician practices and intention related to clinical trial accrual. Whereas the vast majority (80%) reported being likely or very likely to recommend trials in the future, far fewer (20%) reported discussing trials with their patients within the past 5 years. Implementation of clinical decision support – electronic tools intended to optimize patient care and identification of patient eligibility – was not associated with frequency of past discussion of clinical trials but was associated with recommending a trial in the future. Given the stronger association between experience as a site Principal Investigator and recommending a trial, future research should explore how improving opportunities to lead a clinical trial impact trial accrual.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Care Delivery and Regulatory Policy

Track

Care Delivery and Quality Care

Sub Track

Care Delivery

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 1527)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.1527

Abstract #

1527

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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