Clinical trial · Interventional
Pilot Study of a Symptom Monitoring Intervention for Hospitalized Patients With Cancer
NCT02891993CI-TRIAL-00055183completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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 purpose of this research study is to address the challenge of symptom management for hospitalized patients with cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPROVED | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- IMPROVED Intervention
- description
- * Patients randomized to IMPROVED will self-report their symptoms each day using a tablet computer. * The clinical team will view reports detailing their patients' symptom burden * Clinicians will be provided with a graphic depiction of their patients' daily symptom trajectory for that admission
- interventionNames
- Other: IMPROVED
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- * Patients randomized to Usual Care will self-report their symptoms each day using a tablet computer * Patients will report their symptoms to their clinicians as they usually would * Clinicians will not be provided with a graphic depiction of their patients' daily symptom trajectory for that admission
- interventionNames
- Other: Usual Care
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or older * Diagnosed with incurable cancer (defined as receiving treatment with palliative intent as per chemotherapy order entry designation, trial consent forms, or not receiving chemotherapy but followed for incurable disease as per oncology clinic notes) * Admitted to Lunder at Massachusetts General Hospital * Verbal fluency in English Exclusion Criteria: * Unwilling or unable to participate in the study * Admitted electively * Participated during a previous admission
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDNipp RD, El-Jawahri A, Ruddy M, Fuh C, Temel B, D'Arpino SM, Cashavelly BJ, Jackson VA, Ryan DP, Hochberg EP, Greer JA, Temel JS. Pilot randomized trial of an electronic symptom monitoring intervention for hospitalized patients with cancer. Ann Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;30(2):274-280. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy488. PMID 30395144