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Trial reportBMC cancer2017

Personalised informed choice on evidence and controversy on mammography screening: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Anna Roberto, Cinzia Colombo, Giulia Candiani, Livia Giordano, Paola Mantellini, Eugenio Paci, Roberto Satolli, Mario Valenza, Paola Mosconi

Registry-linked trialAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03097653 (New Invited Women to Breast Cancer Screening), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03097653 nacompletednot on this map

New Invited Women to Breast Cancer Screening: a Multi-centre, Longitudinal, Controlled, Randomised Study on a Decision-aid to Support Informed Choice

TypeinterventionalSponsorMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological ResearchRan2017 to 2019Enrolled1,001ConditionsBreast CancerArmsDecision-aid, Standard information
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Operationalizing and Measuring Informed Choice in Health Care: An Umbrella Review.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2026
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  5. An effective fine grading method of BI-RADS classification in mammography.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Anna RobertoIRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via G. La Masa 19, 20157, Milan, Italy.
Cinzia ColomboIRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via G. La Masa 19, 20157, Milan, Italy.
Giulia CandianiZadig - Science and Health Communication, Milan, Italy.
Livia GiordanoGISMA, Gruppo Italiano Screening Mammografico, Florence, Italy.
Paola MantelliniScreening Unit, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute - ISPO, Florence, Italy.
Eugenio PaciLILT, Lega Italiana per la lotta contro i tumori, Sezione di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Roberto SatolliZadig - Science and Health Communication, Milan, Italy.
Mario ValenzaU.O. Centro Gestionale Screening, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Paola MosconiIRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via G. La Masa 19, 20157, Milan, Italy. paola.mosconi@marionegri.it.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Italy women aged 50-69 are invited for a population-based breast cancer (BC) screening. Physicians, policy makers and patients associations agree on the need to inform women about the benefits and harms in order to permit an informed decision. Decision aids (DA) are an effective way to support people in their decisions about health. This trial aims to assess women's informed choices, according to their health literacy and values, on participating or not in BC screening for the first time. Benefits, harms and controversies are presented. METHODS/

designThe impact of the DA will be evaluated in a randomized controlled trial with a two-week follow-up. Women will be randomized via web to DA or a standard brochure. We will invite 8160 women, to obtain a final sample of 816 women. The primary outcome will be informed choice, measured on the basis of knowledge, attitudes and intentions on BC screening. Secondary outcomes are participation rate, satisfaction on information and decisional conflict. DISCUSSION: The web DA will be open-source and implemented on BC screenings and its efficacy for increasing informed choice will be tested. This model could be applied to other healthcare settings, cancer screenings, and public health programs.

trial registrationThe protocol for this trial was registered with the Clinicaltrials.gov registry on March 16, 2017: NCT03097653 .

Indexed as

Clinical ProtocolsDecision MakingEarly Detection of CancerInformed ConsentMammographyAdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsDecision Support TechniquesFemaleHumansMass ScreeningMiddle AgedResearch DesignDecision aidDecision-makingInformed choiceMammography screening

Identifiers

PMID28629329
PMCPMC5477267

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