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Mobile Health to Improve Oral Chemotherapy Adherence Among Women With Breast Cancer

THRIVE Smart - Leveraging Mobile Health to Improve Oral Chemotherapy Adherence Among Women With Breast Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05086731
Enrollment
33
Registered
2021-10-21
Start date
2021-10-22
Completion date
2024-03-06
Last updated
2025-06-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Localized Breast Carcinoma, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Prognostic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Prognostic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma

Brief summary

This clinical trial evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile health device in improving oral chemotherapy adherence in women with triple negative breast cancer that has not spread to other places in the body (non-metastatic). A mobile health device, called SMRxT smart pill bottle may help doctors to remind patients to take medicine on time and monitor their symptoms.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Feasibility. II. Acceptability. III. Capecitabine/Xeloda adherence. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. Symptom burden. II. Patent physician communication. III. Quality of life. IV. Self-efficacy for managing symptoms. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients receive a SMRxT smart pill bottle, report symptoms weekly, and receive reminders for missing or incorrect dose for standard of care 3-week capecitabine/Xeloda treatment cycles. GROUP II: Patients receive standard of care. After completion of study, patients are followed up for 90 days after the initiation of capecitabine/Xeloda.

Interventions

OTHERBest Practice

Receive standard of care

OTHERInformational Intervention

Receive reminders

OTHERMedical Device Usage and Evaluation

Receive a SMRxT smart pill bottle

OTHERQuality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

OTHERSurvey Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors

NRG Oncology
CollaboratorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
CollaboratorNIH
Emory University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age \>= 18 years * Breast cancer * English speaking * New or existing prescription for capecitabine/Xeloda * Willingness and ability of the subject to comply with study procedures * Have a mobile phone with text message * Evidence of an online informed consent indicating that the subject is aware of the risk and benefits of study participation

Exclusion criteria

* Those who do not receive their capecitabine/Xeloda prescription until a month after enrollment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status \> 2

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Medication adherenceFrom baseline up to 90 daysProportion of times each patient took her scheduled medication during the 3-month study. For each patient, will operationalize adherence as the number of times that the pill monitor recorded a dose taken for each day that the patient was in the study and supposed to take the pill. Days during which patients were off cycle, advised by their provider to temporarily stop the medication, or hospitalized will be deducted from the total days in the study.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
End-user engagement by patients and their oncology teamFrom baseline up to 90 daysWill measure patient's use of the smart pill bottle, their response to weekly symptoms text message questions, response to the smart reminders, and response to the adherence reason text message question. In addition, will also measure and evaluate the provider response to any adherence or symptom alerts triggered during the intervention.
AcceptabilityFrom baseline up to 90 daysWill be measured using survey questions about the intervention after the 90-day intervention. Acceptability and usability will be determined using the System Usability Scale.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Symptom burdenFrom baseline up to 90 daysWill be measured using an adapted version of the National-Comprehensive Cancer Network Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Breast Cancer Symptom index (NCCN-FACT FBSI-16).
Self-efficacy for managing symptomsFrom baseline up to 90 daysWill be measured by 4-item PROMIS Item Bank version 1.0.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026