AI-Assisted Whole-Course Management for Medication Safety and Healthcare Burden in Advanced Solid Tumors: A Prospective Controlled Study

November 3, 2026 updated by: Tianjin Medical University Second Hospital

AI Agent-Enabled Whole-Course Management to Improve Anticancer Medication Safety and Reduce Healthcare Burden in Advanced Solid Tumors: A Prospective, Single-Center, Non-Randomized, Parallel-Group Real-World Controlled Study

This is a prospective, single-center, controlled real-world study in patients with advanced solid tumors (stage III-IV) receiving chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or endocrine therapy. Participants who choose the digital management group use a smartphone-based oncology management application with medication reminders, AI-assisted laboratory report interpretation, adverse event self-reporting, and clinician alerts for critical values. Participants who choose the conventional group receive routine outpatient follow-up and telephone contact without digital tools. The study follows participants for 12 months to compare the incidence of overall and severe (CTCAE grade ≥3) adverse events, emergency department visits, 30-day readmission, dose reduction, treatment delay/missed doses, and time to adverse event recovery. The aim is to evaluate whether a digital whole-course management model improves medication safety, reduces healthcare burden, and supports treatment adherence in advanced cancer care.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

420

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 Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • China
    • Tianjin Municipality
      • Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China, 300211
        • Recruiting
        • Tianjin Medical Unversity Second Hospital
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Dingkun Hou, Ph.D
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Jinhuan Wang, Ph.D
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Lili Wang, Ph.D
        • Contact:
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Hongzheng Li, M.M.
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Haitao Wang, Ph.D
      • Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China
        • Recruiting
        • Department of Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Second Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Contact:

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

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant tumor, scheduled to receive or currently receiving systemic anticancer therapy (chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or endocrine therapy).
  2. Age ≥18 years.
  3. For the digital management group: able to independently use a smartphone to scan a QR code to log in, photograph and upload laboratory reports, and complete online forms; for the control group: able to communicate by telephone and attend outpatient visits.
  4. Expected survival ≥12 months.
  5. Able to understand the study and provide written informed consent.
  6. Receiving regular home oral or cyclic intravenous anticancer treatment and requiring long-term out-of-hospital follow-up.
  7. Able to complete 12 months of follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  2. Severe cognitive impairment or severe psychiatric illness precluding independent follow-up or causing extremely poor adherence.
  3. End-stage multi-organ failure or moribund condition with expected survival <12 months.
  4. Receiving only palliative supportive care, with no planned standard anticancer drug treatment.
  5. Other conditions judged by the investigator as unsuitable for this study.

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
Experimental: Digital Management Group

Participants use a smartphone-based oncology management app for the entire 12-month follow-up: medication check-in with missed-dose reminders; photo upload and AI-assisted interpretation of laboratory reports with critical-value alerts to clinicians; CTCAE 5.0-based adverse event self-reporting with severity-triggered clinician notification; monthly online follow-up questionnaires; and a dedicated module for clinical trial participants.
Other: Oncology Intelligent Management Software

A self-developed application integrating medication adherence reminders, AI-assisted laboratory interpretation, adverse event self-reporting, critical-value clinician alerts, monthly electronic follow-up, and clinical trial participant tracking.
Active Comparator: Conventional Follow-up Group

Participants receive routine outpatient follow-up and intermittent telephone contact per standard departmental practice. No digital reminders, no AI-assisted laboratory interpretation, no home-based adverse event self-reporting, and no real-time critical-value alerts.
Other: Conventional Offline Follow-up Group

The conventional management group reflects routine departmental practice: outpatient appointment-based follow-up, unstructured telephone follow-up, offline review of outside laboratory reports, passive reporting of adverse events at clinic visits or emergency department presentations, and no digital medication adherence reminders or real-time clinician alerts.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of any-grade adverse events
Time Frame: Within 24 months of enrollment.

Proportion of participants experiencing any antineoplastic-related adverse event, graded by NCI CTCAE 5.0.
Within 24 months of enrollment.
Incidence of severe adverse events (CTCAE grade ≥3)
Time Frame: Within 24 months of enrollment

Proportion of participants experiencing grade ≥3 bone marrow suppression, gastrointestinal events, rash, liver injury, or other CTCAE grade ≥3 events.
Within 24 months of enrollment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Emergency department visit rate due to anticancer treatment-related adverse events
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment

Proportion of participants with at least one emergency department visit due to an anticancer treatment-related adverse event during follow-up. Data source: medical records and participant-reported events confirmed by the study site.
12 months after enrollment
30-day readmission rate related to anticancer treatment-related adverse events
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment; each readmission assessed within 30 days after discharge

Among participants with at least one hospitalization related to an anticancer treatment-related adverse event, proportion readmitted within 30 days after discharge. Each discharge is followed for 30 days.
12 months after enrollment; each readmission assessed within 30 days after discharge
Incidence of anticancer drug dose reduction due to adverse events
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment

Proportion of participants requiring at least one reduction in anticancer drug dose due to an adverse event, as documented in the medical record.
12 months after enrollment
Incidence of treatment delay due to adverse events
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment

Proportion of participants with at least one anticancer treatment cycle delayed or temporarily interrupted due to an adverse event.
12 months after enrollment
Incidence of missed anticancer doses
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment

Among participants receiving oral anticancer therapy, proportion with at least one missed dose during follow-up, based on app check-in records (intervention group) or self-report/outpatient records (control group).
12 months after enrollment
Median time to adverse event recovery
Time Frame: From adverse event onset to recovery, assessed up to 12 months after enrollment

Median time from onset of an eligible adverse event to recovery of symptoms and/or laboratory abnormality to baseline or CTCAE grade ≤1, estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods. Adverse events are graded by NCI CTCAE 5.0.
From adverse event onset to recovery, assessed up to 12 months after enrollment
Monthly mean number of missed oral anticancer doses
Time Frame: Monthly for 12 months after enrollment

Mean number of missed oral anticancer doses per participant per month, calculated from app check-in records (intervention group) or self-report/outpatient records (control group).
Monthly for 12 months after enrollment
Protocol adherence rate among clinical trial participants (exploratory)
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment

Among participants concurrently enrolled in a clinical trial, proportion who complete protocol-specified treatment cycles and scheduled assessments without major protocol deviation, as documented by the site.
12 months after enrollment
Protocol deviation incidence among clinical trial participants (exploratory)
Time Frame: 12 months after enrollment

Among participants concurrently enrolled in a clinical trial, proportion with at least one protocol deviation, classified by type and relationship to the digital management intervention.
12 months after enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Tianjin Medical University Second Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Haitao Wang, Ph.D, Tianjin Medical University Second Hospital

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)

October 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

October 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 31, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 29, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 3, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

November 4, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 4, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 3, 2026

Last Verified

November 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AIM-SAFE

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

The study protocol does not include a pre-specified plan or dedicated funding for sharing individual participant data with external researchers. Data will be maintained by the sponsor and participating sites in accordance with the approved informed consent and local regulatory requirements. This statement may be updated if a data sharing plan is established at a later stage.

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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