A Study Of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Program For Cancer Patients Initiating Cancer-directed Therapy

September 3, 2026 updated by: Mayo Clinic

Development And Pilot Implementation Of A Novel Remote Patient Monitoring Program For Cancer Patients Initiating Cancer-directed Therapy: The SHIELD (Smart Health Integration For Early Life-saving Detection)

This clinical trial develops and studies whether using a new remote patient monitoring (RPM) program [Smart Health Integration for Early Life-saving Detection (SHIELD)] in cancer practices helps manage infectious complications among cancer patients who are initiating systemic therapy. Infectious complications are among the most common, costly, and clinically consequential side effects experienced by patients receiving cancer-directed therapy and can lead to increased emergency department evaluations, reduced quality of life, and death. National guidelines support using management strategies within cancer practices for selected patients with infectious complications; however, implementation remains limited by the need for reliable monitoring programs while the patient is at home. The SHIELD program combines remote electronic patient-reported outcome symptom assessments with continuous temperature monitoring (CTM). Patients complete electronic patient-reported outcome symptom assessments on a mobile application and wear a CTM device. Patient responses and CTM data are integrated into the electronic health record, which can create alerts. Cancer practice clinical assistants and nurses review the alerts and create care escalation pathways to the clinical care team or emergency department if needed. The application can also deliver patient education and guidance for self-management of low-grade symptoms. Using the SHIELD program in cancer practices may be an effective way to help manage infectious complications among cancer patients who are initiating systemic therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

470

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 Contact

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Tufia C. Haddad, MD

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient Inclusion Criteria, Aim 1:

  • Documented history of cancer
  • Actively receiving cancer care at any Mayo Clinic Midwest practice site
  • Involved in or impacted by the care or participation of eligible patients

Patient Inclusion Criteria, Aim 2

  • Documented diagnosis of cancer
  • ≥ 1 year of age as the CTM device only supports these ages
  • Initiating systemic cancer-directed treatment at a Mayo Clinic Midwest site
  • Able to read and speak English or Spanish (or have a caregiver capable of either) as the current technologies only support those languages

Caregiver Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18 years or older.
  • Identified as the eligible minor pediatric patient's parent or legal guardian

Healthcare Professional Inclusion Criteria

  • A hematology/oncology clinical, research, RPM, operational, administrative, managerial, or technical/electronic health record (EHR) or other healthcare professional supporting or supervising, or directly affected by the SHIELD program development and pilot implementation study at a participating Mayo Clinic Health System site or Mayo Clinic in Rochester work unit.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of hematopoietic cell transplant or adoptive cellular or bispecific antibody therapy (i.e., CAR-T) within the prior 100 days
  • Enrolled in hospice or expected life span < 6 months

Caregiver and Healthcare Professional Exclusion Criteria

  • Unable or unwilling to provide consent to participate in study procedures

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Interview and group discussion (Aim 1)
Prior to program/intervention implementation, interviews and group discussions will be held with patients, caregivers, and hematology/oncology professional staff to determine who will benefit from SHIELD, whether the intended population can be reached, and whether SHIELD is perceived as appropriate for the patient population.
Experimental: Aim 2 (SHIELD program)
Patients participate in the refined SHIELD program over 90 days and complete ePRO symptom assessments and wear a medical grade CTM device. Patients may also receive care escalation to clinical care team or emergency services as needed as well as patient education and guidance for self-management of low-grade symptoms on study.
Behavioral: Smartphone Application-based Intervention - SHIELD
Smart Health Integration for Early Life-saving Detection (SHIELD) program used as an electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) and continuous temperature monitoring (CTM)-integrated remote patient monitoring (RPM) care delivery model
Other Names:
  • SHIELD
  • Smart Health Integration for Early Life-saving Detection
Other: AION TempShield
Participants will wear the TempShield device by AION an FDA-approved, medical grade continuous temperature monitoring (CTM) wearable sensor
Other Names:
  • TempShield
Other: Questionnaires
Patients complete questionnaires and study surveys
Other Names:
  • Surveys

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Reach - screening eligibility
Time Frame: Baseline
Screening eligibility rates will be assessed by the percentage of eligible patients screened for study participation.
Baseline
Reach - enrollment rates
Time Frame: Baseline
Enrollment rates will be assessed by the percentage of screened patients who enroll in the study.
Baseline
Reach - representativeness of enrollment
Time Frame: Baseline
Representativeness of enrollment will be assessed by comparison of urban-rural residence / Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes recorded for participants
Baseline
Acceptability - PRISM PCSI Staff Survey
Time Frame: Baseline
The Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability (PRISM) Contextual Survey Instrument (PCSI) staff survey consists of one question ascertaining the staff role and 29 questions related to perspectives, sustainability, and organizational characteristics of implementing the SHIELD remote patient monitoring program. Questions are answered on a 5-point scale (completely disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, completely agree). Results will be analyzed and reported descriptively.
Baseline
Usability - Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Patient/Caregiver Survey
Time Frame: 90 days
The Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) survey consists of 17 questions answered on a 5-point scale (strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, strongly agree) and two open-ended questions related to what impressed and what disappointed about the RPM program. Results will be analyzed and reported descriptively.
90 days
Enrollment fidelity
Time Frame: Baseline
Assessed by staff-reported reasons for screening not being completed. Results will be analyzed and reported descriptively.
Baseline
Intervention fidelity
Time Frame: 90 days
Assessed by documentation of intervention delivery - delivered as intended or reasons recorded for adaptation of intervention. Results will be analyzed and reported descriptively.
90 days
Feasibility - treatment adherence
Time Frame: 90 days
Assessed by the percent overall of electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) assessments completed.
90 days
Feasibility - symptoms recorded
Time Frame: 90 days
Assessed by the percent overall of complete symptom data transmitted
90 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Penetration - enrollment
Time Frame: Baseline
Assessed by the proportion of sites and individual work units who enroll patients
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tufia C. Haddad, MD, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

November 15, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2031

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2031

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 3, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 3, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

September 9, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 9, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 3, 2026

Last Verified

September 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 26-008945

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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