An Innovative Smartphone Application for Adverse Event Management During Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy

February 16, 2022 updated by: Peking Union Medical College Hospital

An Innovative Smartphone Application for Adverse Event Management During Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study is to evaluate benefits of the app in breast cancer patients receiving the docetaxel, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (TAC) chemotherapy. The investigators hypothesized that the addition of the app to conventional adverse event management would increase quality of life (QoL) scores and reduce adverse events.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

Enrollment

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108

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. pathological diagnosis of invasive breast cancer
  2. breast surgery within the past 2-8 weeks
  3. adult female
  4. must be able to use mobile phones
  5. speak and write Chinese fluently to sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. severe comorbidity that interferes with outcome evaluation
  2. insufficient Chinese language skills
  3. inability to use mobile phones
  4. cognitive disability to give informed consent

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: The intervention group
The intervention group will receive conventional adverse event management and have access to the smartphone app during chemotherapy.
Other: use of a smartphone app for adverse event management
At their enrollment, patients will receive detailed introduction and adequate assistance on the use of the smartphone app. The smartphone app will offer proper advice for adverse event management based on calculated results by artificial intelligence on the innovative app, which was developed by YL et al. It was specifically intended for risk prediction, early prevention, as well as management of symptoms and concerns during adjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer. The app consisted of 4 modules: (1) Module 1: clinical data collection. (2) Module 2: risk evaluation for 12 common adverse events during breast cancer chemotherapy. (3) Module 3: personalized prophylaxis based on predicted risks of adverse events. (4) Module 4: Q&A platform.
Other: conventional adverse event management
Chemotherapy-related adverse events in the control group will be managed with symptomatic treatment, dietary and lifestyle prescription according to the doctors' clinical experience. For example, colony-stimulating factors and antibiotics may be used for febrile neutropenia, loperamide (or diphenoxylate plus atropine) as prophylaxis for diarrhea, together with eating low-lactose and low-fat frequent small meals. 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 receptor antagonist, neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist, and/or dexamethasone would be prescribed for patients at high risks of vomiting.
Active Comparator: The control group
The control group will receive conventional adverse event management during chemotherapy. Chemotherapy-related adverse events in the control group will be managed with symptomatic treatment, dietary and lifestyle prescription according to the doctors' clinical experience.
Other: conventional adverse event management
Chemotherapy-related adverse events in the control group will be managed with symptomatic treatment, dietary and lifestyle prescription according to the doctors' clinical experience. For example, colony-stimulating factors and antibiotics may be used for febrile neutropenia, loperamide (or diphenoxylate plus atropine) as prophylaxis for diarrhea, together with eating low-lactose and low-fat frequent small meals. 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 receptor antagonist, neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist, and/or dexamethasone would be prescribed for patients at high risks of vomiting.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline quality of life scores at 4 months
Time Frame: 1 day before the first cycle, and 4 months after the first cycle (each cycle is 21 days)
Quality of life scores will be assessed using the simplified Chinese version of the Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30, version 3).
1 day before the first cycle, and 4 months after the first cycle (each cycle is 21 days)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence and severity of 12 common adverse events
Time Frame: 4 months after the first cycle (each cycle is 21 days)
The incidence and severity of 12 common adverse events will be measured with the WHO-toxicity scale.
4 months after the first cycle (each cycle is 21 days)

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

For clinical trials, a planned measurement described in the protocol that is used to determine the effect of an intervention/treatment on participants. For observational studies, a measurement or observation that is used to describe patterns of diseases or traits, or associations with exposures, risk factors, or treatment. Types of outcome measures include primary outcome measure and secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Login times
Time Frame: Documented automatically by the application every two weeks
Login times to the application during chemotherapy
Documented automatically by the application every two weeks
Average time spent on the application
Time Frame: Documented automatically by the application every two weeks
Average time spent on the application each time
Documented automatically by the application every two weeks
Questions addressed on the Q&A platform
Time Frame: Documented automatically by the application every two weeks
Questions addressed on the Q&A platform
Documented automatically by the application every two weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Director: Yan Li, Doctor, Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

Study Start

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March 7, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

Primary Completion

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October 7, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
December 7, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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February 8, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 16, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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February 28, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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February 28, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 16, 2022

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2022

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • SMART

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

The data will not become available to public.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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