Digital Symptom Tracking, Patient Engagement and Quality of Life in GI Oncology Clinic Patients

August 25, 2020 updated by: Duke University

Feasibility Study of Digital Symptom Tracking, Patient Engagement and Quality of Life in Patients Seen in GI Oncology Clinic

A pilot study of an ePRO system in cancer patients receiving systemic therapies.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The primary purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of the Noona Healthcare Mobile PRO Application to describe oncology patient engagement using a web-based symptom self-monitoring instrument. Additionally, the studyy will dentify side effects as well as long term or chronic adverse events during and following cancer therapy based on the United States (US) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Patient Reported Outcomes Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE), and identify patients to participate in future long-term Quality of Life studies following cancer therapy.

The study is not intended to compare outcomes between groups receiving different therapies.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

38

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Individuals (men and women) aged 18 years or older
  2. History cancer with no limitation on prior lines of therapy in the metastatic setting
  3. ECOG performance status of 0-2
  4. Estimated life expectancy of at least 12 months
  5. Access to smartphone, tablet or computer with capability to utilize symptom-tracking application
  6. Willing and able to provide written, signed informed consent after the nature of the study has been explained, and prior to any research-related procedures
  7. Willing and able to comply with all study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Concurrent disease or condition that interferes with participation or safety
  2. Non-English speaking, as the application is developed in the English language
  3. Children will not be included in the study. The pattern of disease and symptoms are different in children than in an adult population. The web-based tool was designed based on the symptom experience of adults with cancer.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: ePRO
There is no therapeutic intervention. Patients will use ePRO system to report systems. We will describe use in patients to determine compliance in reporting symptoms.

Patients will be instructed to log symptoms with an ePRO app using their own personal devices, and prompted once per month for 12 months to log symptoms.

These participants will be sent an Adverse Event Questionnaire (AEQ) via the Noona tool that summarizes their symptoms and distress once per month and one week prior to any medically indicated oncology clinic visit.

Symptoms designated as clinically severe either during regular symptom logging or via the AEQ will trigger a prompt to contact the clinical team for immediate follow-up. Participants will complete a follow-up questionnaire at 6 months and 12 months following enrollment that includes a self-report of symptom burden, HRQOL, and satisfaction.

Other Names:
  • Noona web-based platform

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Subject participation
Time Frame: 12 months
total number of subjects that participate in the use of a web-based system
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: H. Kim Lyerly, MD, Duke University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 18, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 4, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

April 4, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 2, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

March 8, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 26, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 25, 2020

Last Verified

September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pro00092471

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Cancer

Clinical Trials on ePRO

Search Similar Trials