MyPatientPal+: A Smartphone App and a Provider Dashboard to Manage Patient Care While on Treatment

November 5, 2026 updated by: Felicity Harper, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

The overall goal of this clinical trial is to assess the feasibility of implementing MyPatientPal+ a smartphone app and provider dashboard, to collect daily patient-reported outcome data from patients and share with providers to improve the effective management of treatment-related side effects

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study focuses on testing the effectiveness of MyPatientPal+, the combination of MyPatientPal smartphone app and a newly developed provider dashboard, on patient quality of life, adherence to medications, and severity of side effects on patients who are on cancer treatment. Participants will use the MyPatientPal+ smartphone daily to complete daily patient reported outcome questions (PROs) for 8 weeks. Providers will enter information as desired and not on a set schedule.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

100

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
    • Michigan
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
        • Karmanos Cancer Institute
        • 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 to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients-

  • 18-70 Years of age
  • have a diagnosis of breast, any gastrointestinal, lung, prostate, head and neck, or bladder cancer
  • about to initiate chemotherapy using one of the regimens listed in the protocol
  • be able to speak, read, and write English
  • willing and able to provide consent
  • have access to a stable internet connection

Providers:

  • being a practicing oncologist
  • treating patients at Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) who are enrolled and consent to using the MyPatientPal+ smartphone app
  • provide consent for the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients-

  • cognitive or perceptual disturbances that prevent completing study measures Provider-
  • None

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: MyPatientPal+ Smartphone Application

Participants report daily side effects and medications. Application includes a provider dashboard to track patients side effects and medications.
Behavioral: MyPatientPal+

The intervention will consist of patients using the MyPatientPal+ application to complete daily patient reported outcome questions (PROs) of: (a) patient quality of life, (b) medication use, and (c) severity of side effects, and their providers who will elect to receive a weekly summary of patient's daily PRO reports electronically (e.g., email) or through the dashboard.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Single-item daily Quality of Life (Patient)
Time Frame: Daily for 8 weeks

Patients will report their daily quality of life daily using MyPatientPal smartphone app. The question: "How was your quality of life today?" has a 7-point scale ranging from 1=very poor to 7=excellent.
Daily for 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Adherence to medications (patient)
Time Frame: Daily for 8 weeks

Patients will report any medications they are taking related to their treatment. Each report will consist of them answering a forced-choice question about whether each of their prescribed medications was taken (0=yes, 1=no). The investigators will compare the ratio of total days of adherence/total number of days per medication between the weekly and daily reporting phases. There will be no set number of medications that will be assessed given that the app will be set up to record only those medications the patient is prescribed, but on average, most patients will report on 3 medications. Examples may include Xeloda, Ibrance, Femara, Tamoxifen, Remeron, Reglan, or Compazine.
Daily for 8 weeks
Severity of side effects (patient)
Time Frame: Daily for 8 weeks

The severity of treatment-related symptoms will be examined as the primary outcome. Patients will report the severity of symptoms selected to match their current or expected side using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) CTCAE (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events). Examples include diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, fever, and fatigue. Patients will be asked to mark the severity of each symptom using a 5-point rating scale (from 0=none to 4=very severe).
Daily for 8 weeks
Patient quality of life
Time Frame: Weekly for 8 weeks

Patients will report their quality of life using the FACT-G (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy), a widely accepted measure of general functioning and quality of life among cancer patients. The measure has a total score and also four subscales assessing social, functional, emotional, and physical domains.
Weekly for 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Felicity Harper, Ph.D., Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

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 (Estimated)

November 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

November 30, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

November 30, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 2, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

November 10, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 10, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2026

Last Verified

October 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2025-091

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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