Use of a Patient Preferences Shared Decision-Making Encounter Tool in Clinical Practice for Patients With DLBCL and FL

Use of a Patient Preferences Shared Decision-Making Encounter Tool in Clinical Practice for Patients With DLBCL and FL

The goal of this project is to test the feasibility of a Patient Preferences in Shared Decision-Making encounter tool (PPSDM) in the clinical context of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) and Follicular Lymphoma (FL). This project will evaluate the feasibility of a shared decision-making (SDM) model that employs an "encounter tool"1 to facilitate SDM at the point of a treatment decision for patients with DLBCL and FL.

This project is a single-arm pilot project conducted with 90 patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent DLBCL or FL and their providers at three medical oncology practices. Utilizing the PPSDM tool in the Carevive electronic platform, patients will report their needs, preferences, values and goal prior to the treatment decision-making focused clinical encounter. The treating provider will receive the patient results prior to the visit and can use these to facilitate SDM in treatment selection during the clinical encounter. Post-encounter, patients and providers will complete measures designed to assess feasibility and utility of SDM intervention. Patients will also complete measures to assess patient satisfaction with the treatment decision, patient activation, and patient perceived achievement of desired role in shared decision making and satisfaction with care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All participants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Patient participants must have a diagnosis of new or recurrent DLBCL or FL
• All participants must be able to understand English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any patient who cannot understand written or spoken English.
• Any prisoner and/or other vulnerable persons as defined by NIH (45 CFR 46, Subpart B, C and D).