Video Education With Result Dependent dIsclosure

Summary

The overall study objective of this trial study is to identify and evaluate strategies to improve the accessibility of the video education with result dependent disclosure (VERDI) model, increasingly utilized as a pre-genetic testing (pretest) education alternative in clinical practice, to better serve a more diverse patient population at risk for hereditary cancers.

Interventions

• Video Education · BEHAVIORAL

  Investigator-developed, professionally animated and produced 8-minute video (Video Education) summarizing the core educational components of a genetic counseling visit

• Genetic Counseling · BEHAVIORAL

  Standard genetic counseling

Published eligibility criteria

Verbatim from the registry. Only the site can decide how these apply to a specific patient.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Current or prior diagnosis of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, renal cancer, melanoma, or sarcoma
* Ability to understand spoken or written English or Spanish in a healthcare context
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
* Black or Latinx (qualitative assessment study only)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prior cancer genetic testing
* Prior germline genetic testing
* Active hematologic malignancy (e.g. chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
* Currently pregnant
* Currently incarcerated

Sites (1)

• Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts · RECRUITING