Clinical trial · Interventional
Study Buddy (an ECA Oncology Trial Advisor) for Cancer Trials
Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) as an Oncology Trial Advisor
- 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)
The Study Buddy ECA acts as an advisor to patients on chemotherapy regimens, promoting protocol adherence and retention, providing anticipatory guidance and answering questions, serving as a conduit to capture information about complaints or adverse events, providing a venue for communicating about updates. The Study Buddy will use the web-based ECA infrastructure developed for use on another project. We will use web browsers on tablets provided to study participants to access the Study Buddy, providing anywhere, anytime access to its functions. Usability metrics will include session time, satisfaction, and error rates.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guideline Adherence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Patient Compliance | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Patient Satisfaction | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemo Buddy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Standard of care for chemotherapy treatment.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Chemo Buddy
- description
- Subject receives instructions on how to use the personalized touch screen tablet and takes it home for 2 months.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Chemo Buddy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- treatment protocol adherence
- timeFrame
- up to 8 weeks
- description
- How well does the subject adhere to treatment protocol. This will be defined by the number of treatment visits attended/ number of treatment visits scheduled \[excluding any treatment visits that have been cancelled by the clinicians\].
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. speaks English fluently 2. is able to independently consent into this study and parent cancer study 3. has adequate corrected vision to use the ECA system (based on a 1-minute functional screener) 4. has adequate hearing to use the ECA system Exclusion Criteria: 1. suicidal or homicidal 2. currently in police custody 3. do not live in the Boston area 4. plan on leaving the Boston area for more than 4 weeks in the next 6 months 5. score 6 or less on the SPMSQ screening test
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