Clinical trial · Interventional
Telemonitoring of Geriatric Cancer Patients Using Handheld Devices
Telemonitoring of Geriatric Cancer Patients Using Handheld Devices (TeleGraPH)
- 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)
Cancer is becoming a chronic disease, with the requirement of a lifelong intake of cancer-controlling drugs. While young(er) patients may cope with this, geriatric cancer patients may require a more customized and tailored follow up. Most elderly patients have multiple other diseases ("comorbidities") and, due to many other factors, may per se not tolerate or simply not follow anticancer therapies. This may not only impair quality of life (QoL), but on the long rung also the therapeutic outcome (survival). Handheld devices provide a new reporting/communication tool for patients and health care providers. TeleGraPH will assess if these devices are a suitable communication modality in a cohort of geriatric cancer patients.
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 (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handheld Device (Smart Phone) | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Telemonitoring using a handheld device
- description
- Patients will be euqipped with either an app or a handheld device with a pre-installed app to communicate with the coordinating center.
- interventionNames
- Device: Handheld Device (Smart Phone)
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Device Adherence/Compliance
- timeFrame
- 1 Year
- description
- Frequency of using the handheld device and of daily/weekly/monthly reportings
Secondary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Quality of Life
- timeFrame
- 1 Year
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 60 years * Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 70 * histologically confirmed malignant tumor (cancer) Exclusion Criteria: * concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled concomitant medical conditions * Patients unwilling or unable to comply with using a handheld device
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDBuergy D, Siefert V, Neumaier C, Ganslandt T, Sperk E, Blessing M, Hesser J, Welzel G, Wenz F, Giordano FA. Prospective trial on telemonitoring of geriatric cancer patients using handheld devices. Strahlenther Onkol. 2020 Mar;196(3):205-212. doi: 10.1007/s00066-019-01548-0. Epub 2019 Nov 18. PMID 31740981