N/A
N=37
Telehealth in Improving Quality of Life in Patients During Post Radiation Therapy Visits
Malignant Neoplasm
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02751580 ↗Enrolled (actual)
37
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2020
Primary outcome: Primary: Feasibility of Conducting a Future Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Telehealth and in Person Visits (i.e., Rate of Accrual) — 2.4 participants accrued per month
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Telemedicine (Other); Questionnaire Administration (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
- Primary completion
- Aug 2018
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Feasibility of Conducting a Future Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Telehealth and in Person Visits (i.e., Rate of Accrual) |
2.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Patient Satisfaction With Telehealth Visits as Measured by the Patients Satisfaction With Cancer Care Score |
32; 5 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Patients Satisfied With Physician Communication During Telehealth Visit |
37 | — |
| SECONDARY Patient Distrust in the Healthcare System as Measured by the Health Care System Distrust Scale in Relation to Privacy of Medical Record (MR) |
5; 5 | — |
| SECONDARY Physicians Ability to Evaluate a Patient During a Telehealth Visit as Measured by the Physician Questionnaire |
11; 9 | — |
| SECONDARY Physician Satisfaction With Post-treatment Telehealth Visit as Measured by the Modified Physician Satisfaction Scale |
11; 9; 8; 10 | — |
| SECONDARY Patient Costs for Telehealth Visit |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Clinic Savings Derived From Telehealth Visits |
— | — |
Summary
This pilot clinical trial studies how well telehealth works in patients during post radiation therapy visits. A telehealth virtual office visit can be performed from the patient's home or workplace, decreasing time spent traveling to visit site, time spent in waiting room, and cost to patient. Studying telehealth may improve quality of life in patients during post radiation therapy visit.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients currently undergoing or planned to start radiation treatment with curative, adjuvant or palliative intent
- Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score >= 60
- Patients must be capable to read and speak English and provide study specific informed consent prior to study entry
- Patients must have access to a computer or smartphone and internet connection at home on which they would be willing to do a telehealth study
- Pennsylvania or New Jersey residents *Telehealth visits for New Jersey residents will only be performed by physicians with a current medical license issued by the state of New Jersey.
Exclusion Criteria
- KPS < 60%
- No access to a computer, smartphone or internet
- Unable to read and/or speak English
- Decisionally impaired patients
- Patients not residing in Pennsylvania or New Jersey
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02751580). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.