MyPaTH Story Booth: Sharing Patient and Caregiver Stories

This study, called MyPaTH Story Booth, is collecting personal stories from patients and caregivers. It uses an audio recording approach, similar to StoryCorps, to understand your experiences with illness, coping, and healthcare. The goal is to gather many stories to create an archive that can help provide insight into healthcare delivery. You can join if you are 18 years or older. The study aims to collect a certain number of stories, and its current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an observational study, meaning researchers will collect information without giving any specific treatments. It plans to enroll 2000 participants.
What's involved
You would work with an interview partner (like a family member or friend) to record your personal story. You will also be asked to provide limited 'tags' (like your age, sex, and interview topic) for a searchable database.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary goal is to collect stories by September 2018, but ongoing follow-up is not specified.

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NCT03494075

MyPaTH Story Booth

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 18–99Observational
University of Pittsburgh
~2,000 participants
Updated 2026-06-11 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Number of stories collected
Measured over September 2018
Narrative Medicine

NCT03494075

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Kathleen M McTigue, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Pittsburgh

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Over the age of 18

Exclusion

Researchers will exclude individuals who are not 18 years of age or older and/or do not provide informed consent
  • Number of stories collectedSeptember 2018

    The goal of the project is to generate a searchable archive of patient and caregiver narratives