Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of this work is the production of actionable insights that can be leveraged to improve remote symptom monitoring (RSM) in varied practice settings, which in turn, is expected to improve timely, efficient, and high-quality comprehensive care in oncology. Aim 1: To assess the feasibility of incorporating a wearable into an RSM program for patients receiving cancer treatment. Aim 2: To assess the relationship between the wearable and ePRO-reported physical symptoms and functional status. Aim 3: To characterize barriers and facilitators of using the wearable in the RSM program and suggest approaches to incorporating relevant evidence-based interventions.
Detailed description
Remote symptom monitoring (RSM) using electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) benefits patients with cancer on active treatment (i.e., improved symptom assessment efficiency, patient-clinician communication and satisfaction, symptom control and well-being, overall survival). Despite promising RSM results, low sustained adherence and the limited amount of symptom information that can be feasibly captured through surveys limit RSM benefits. Passive data collection through wearable technology may strengthen RSM benefits by providing a more complete and continuous picture of patient health, without substantial patient and system burden. For this investigation, we leverage our existing RSM infrastructure to test the integration of a wearable for enhanced monitoring.
Interventions
OTHERWearable
Patient participants are provided with an industry-leading wearable with multiple research-grade sensors that measure physiological indicators such as temperature, HRV, sleep, and physical activity, with high accuracy.
Sponsors
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
(1) ≥18 years of age; (2) diagnosed with cancer; (3) enrolled in the ePRO RSM program at O'Neal CCC; (4) uses a smart phone compatible with the wearable.
Exclusion criteria
(1) Lack of English fluency and literacy; (2) Medical condition that makes the person unable to participate, at PI discretion.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility thresholds for uptake and compliance | 6 months | % of eligible patients agree to wearable use and % adherence |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTHope Sharp, MS
CONTACTSherrie Alexander, MS
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORGabrielle Rocque, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Outcome results
None listed