Testing and Evaluating the Collection of Patient Reported Outcomes In Cancer Care Using Innovative Approaches (PRICE)

June 20, 2023 updated by: Angelos Kassianos, Cyprus University of Technology

Testing and Evaluating the Collection of Patient Reported Outcomes In Cancer CarE Using Innovative Approaches: The ePROM Digital Health Tool

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are patients' reports of their symptom experience, quality of life and functionality. These measures are used as an endpoint to clinical trials but rarely integrated into routine cancer care. Moreover, they are resource intensive and prone to retrospective biases. PRICE project aims to develop and evaluate a digital health tool (ePROM), collecting PROMs at the clinic and additional Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) of PROMs using a mobile application. In addition it tests whether patients who are identified to have elevated pain, fatigue, and stress will benefit from an Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) based on Virtual Reality environments. EMA can overcome biases and barriers in PROM assessment whilst EMI can offer an easy and possibly cost-effective intervention until patients re-visit the clinic. The project can contribute to monitoring patient data and achieve viable health systems. It is also timely since digital health tools are considered the future of oncology care but often lack robustness in development and evaluation. Patients treated for cancer at the German Oncology Centre in Cyprus will be randomized into three conditions: (a) Full Intervention (patients who are prompted to use the EMI based on their EMA data; (b) Partial Intervention (patients who are prompted to use the EMI irrespective of their EMA data); (c) Control (patients who only provide their EMA without an EMI). A dissemination strategy will ensure findings and innovation are available to the public, clinicians, students and policy-makers.

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 (Estimated)

Enrollment

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90

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with any type of cancer
  • Treated as either inpatient or outpatient
  • Good understanding of Greek
  • Able to consent
  • No psychiatric comorbidities

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with psychiatric disorders
  • Unable to consent

Study Plan

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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: Full Intervention
This group will receive the app (PRICE) which will collect their PROMs (pain, fatigue and stress) three times a day for 2 weeks. They will be prompted each time they have elevated levels of pain, fatigue and stress to use the VR glasses (EMI). This is the EMI provided: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3491101.3503562?casa_token=tC5fSN8-k5EAAAAA:56_TMf6HitVQXZypY2j9FCCcroIFZW9kxxzCEt0yJNFJmNrv79m9W7htznSzMWqGLwE4eimBU0vkLA
Device: PRICE
Working closely with 51 cancer patients, medical and paramedical personnel, we co-designed an intelligent personalized mobile application to first collect ecologically momentary assessment data on symptoms like pain and fatigue and Health-Related Quality of Life and subsequently enhance symptom management of cancer patients at home. The full description is available here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3491101.3503562?casa_token=tC5fSN8-k5EAAAAA:56_TMf6HitVQXZypY2j9FCCcroIFZW9kxxzCEt0yJNFJmNrv79m9W7htznSzMWqGLwE4eimBU0vkLA
Active Comparator: Partial Intervention
This group will receive the EMA app and the EMI but they will not be prompted to use the EMI according to their EMA data.
Device: PRICE
Working closely with 51 cancer patients, medical and paramedical personnel, we co-designed an intelligent personalized mobile application to first collect ecologically momentary assessment data on symptoms like pain and fatigue and Health-Related Quality of Life and subsequently enhance symptom management of cancer patients at home. The full description is available here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3491101.3503562?casa_token=tC5fSN8-k5EAAAAA:56_TMf6HitVQXZypY2j9FCCcroIFZW9kxxzCEt0yJNFJmNrv79m9W7htznSzMWqGLwE4eimBU0vkLA
No Intervention: Control
This group will receive the EMA but no the EMI.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in usability and feasibility from baseline to one week later
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
System Usability and Feasibility questionnaire
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
EORTC QLQ-C-30
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Health-Related Quality of Life. Using the global quality of life scale (minimum 0, maximum 100), with higher scores indicating better outcome (higher quality of life)
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS)
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Fatigue Assessment Scale with one score (minimum 10 maximum 50) with higher scores indicating worse outcome (higher fatigue)
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Depression using DASS-21
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
DASS-21 depression scale with cut off scores: 0-9 normal, 10-13 mild, 14-20 moderate, 21-27 severe and 28+ extremely severe
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Anxiety using DASS-21
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
DASS-21 anxiety scale with cut off scores: 0-7 normal, 8-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 severe and 20+ extremely severe
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Stress using DASS-21
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
DASS-21 stress scale with cut off scores: 0-14 normal, 15-18 mild, 19-25 moderate, 26-33 severe and 34+ extremely severe
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
Functionality using EQ-5D-5L
Time Frame: Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)
EQ-5D-5L score is from 0-100 with higher scores indicating better outcome (higher functionality)
Baseline, after treatment (1 week later)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Cyprus University of Technology

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
German Oncology Center, Cyprus
CYENS Centre of Excellence

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
June 20, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
December 20, 2023

Study Completion (Estimated)

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.
June 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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June 8, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 20, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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June 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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June 22, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 20, 2023

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • CUT_DN_03
  • OPPORTUNITY/0916/ MSCA/0016 (Other Identifier: Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

Individual participant data will be available in Open Science Framework (OSF) and to anyone with reasonable request per Open Science principles.

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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