Clinical trial · Interventional
Pain Management Smartphone Application for Patients With Stage III-IV Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy
A Pilot Study for a Pain Management Smartphone Application for Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This pilot clinical trial studies a pain management smartphone application for monitoring pain in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy. The study is also open to patients with esophageal or lung cancer. A smartphone application may allow patients to assess their symptoms in a manner that is closer to real-time than having to recall pain episodes during once weekly on-treatment visits with a health care provider. This real-time monitoring may improve the timing and efficacy of interventions leading to better pain-control and quality of life.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esophageal Cancer | Malignant Esophageal Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Telephone-Based Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Health Services Research (PMSA)
- description
- Patients/caregivers are instructed to download the PMSA and are demonstrated how to properly use the application. Beginning on the first day of radiation therapy (day 1), patients are instructed to use the PMSA for the duration of their radiation therapy (up to day 50). The patient will fill out a satisfaction questionnaire at the completion of their treatment (Questionnaire administration). The timing of use may change depending on the availability of the app. The use of the app is classified as the "telephone-based intervention" per NCI.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Telephone-Based Intervention
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Compliance characteristics of patients' use of the pain management smartphone application
- timeFrame
- Up to day 50
- description
- Summaries of feasibility will be generated using rates (percentages). Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize patient ratings of satisfaction regarding the PMSA, instruction, usage, and future recommendation.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Radiation oncology patients undergoing 5-7 weeks of definitive radiation therapy for head and neck, esophageal or lung cancer. * Ability to understand and the willingness to use the PMSA on the patient's personal smartphone * Displays ability to use and understand the PMSA as evidenced by successful response to alarm and successful entries while monitored by the principal investigator (PI) * Willing and able to provide informed consent and fill out demographic, disease, and pain assessment questionnaires * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Radiation oncology patients undergoing palliative courses of radiation * Patients who do not own smartphones * Patients who are unable to successfully respond to the PMSA alarm and properly enter their data * Patients who are unable to eat and drink normally * Patients who are unable to validate their understanding of the pain scale
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