Randomized Controlled Single-blind Trial to Evaluate the Mobile Tracking of Symptoms in Ambulatory Breast Cancer Patients (PatAPP1)

December 9, 2015 updated by: University of Zurich

Health care has an increasingly demand for mobile applications (App), but studies are rare, which explore the added value and benefits for patient and physician. Patients in different disease groups or physicians from different specialties are likely to have different demands. Research should focus on selected groups to better understand their individual demands. Our study intends to identify the added value of mobile symptom tracking in a selected subgroup of patients. We designed an App for breast cancer patients, who receive ambulant chemotherapy in a breast center. The patients track regularly their well-being and adverse events (AE) with the smartphone- or web-app and share it with the physician in the medical consultation. The data entry was designed to meet patient needs based on previous usability testing.

The reporting of AE and well-being are standardized according to the definitions by CTCAE 4.0 and ECOG-Index to ensure the reliability of patient self-reporting.

The primary outcomes are the number of reported AE, the influence on their subjective well-being and the acceptance of context specific information. We will include 150 participants in this study. The calculated power is 91% respectively 80% for a 10 % improvement of well-being and a 2.2 increase of detected AEs.

The results will be compared to patients without App and to patients with App but without shared information.

  • Trial with medical device

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

139

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

  • Switzerland
      • Zurich, Switzerland
        • University Hospital Zurich, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

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

Female

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • female
  • 18 years old and older
  • German speaking
  • written informed consent
  • beginning of intravenous chemotherapy in the breast care center
  • diagnosis breast cancer
  • personal smartphone (own device)

Exclusion criteria:

- patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria or if compliance could be questioned, e.g. due to a psychiatric illness or personal life.

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Group A: no app
no use of an mobile application while treatment
Active Comparator: Group B: only app
Patients, who use independently the mobile application named Consilium without involvement of the physician.
Device: Consilium
Patients use a mobile application to track their subjective well-being and adverse events (AE) while ambulant chemotherapy. The mobile app supports the patients in the structured and standardized entry of their data and is developed specifically for this study.
Other Names:
  • mobile application
Active Comparator: Group C: app and physician
Patients use the mobile application named Consilium in collaboration with the physician.
Device: Consilium
Patients use a mobile application to track their subjective well-being and adverse events (AE) while ambulant chemotherapy. The mobile app supports the patients in the structured and standardized entry of their data and is developed specifically for this study.
Other Names:
  • mobile application

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of reported Adverse Events
Time Frame: 5-6 weeks for each patient

Patients report their adverse events independently in a mobile app for a period of 3 cycles of chemotherapy. The reporting of AE and well-being are standardized according to the definitions by CTCAE 4.0 and ECOG-Index to ensure the reliability of patient self-reporting. Medical consultations take place periodically every 2-3 weeks. Planned medical consultations: start-consultation with the begin of chemotherapy, first consultation before the 2nd chemotherapy cycle and second (final) consultation before the 3rd chemotherapy cycle.

The observation time of each patient is 5-6 weeks.
5-6 weeks for each patient
influence on patients subjective well-being
Time Frame: 5-6 weeks for each patient

Patients report their adverse events independently in a mobile app for a period of 3 cycles of chemotherapy. The reporting of AE and well-being are standardized according to the definitions by CTCAE 4.0 and ECOG-Index to ensure the reliability of patient self-reporting. Medical consultations take place periodically every 2-3 weeks. Planned medical consultations: start-consultation with the begin of chemotherapy, first consultation before the 2nd chemotherapy cycle and second (final) consultation before the 3rd chemotherapy cycle.

The observation time of each patient is 5-6 weeks.
5-6 weeks for each patient

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Zurich

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Andreas Trojan, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 25, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 4, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

December 9, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 10, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 9, 2015

Last Verified

December 1, 2015

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PatAPP1, Version 1.3

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