Automated Telephone Monitoring for Symptom Management

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Carcinoma

In brief

To improve the management of symptoms, patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy will be monitored using an automated telephone system to record the severity of 15 prevalent symptoms for up to 8 consecutive weeks. Outcomes include; significant reduction in symptom severity and improvement in health states.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00799084

Run by

Michigan State University

People needed

526

Starts

2003-04-01

Expected to finish

2006-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-12-07

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 21 years of age or older
• solid tumor cancer diagnosis
• receiving chemotherapy treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Emotional or psychology disorder for which patient is receiving treatment
• does not speak English
• does not have access to a telephone
• difficulty hearing on the telephone

Where it is running

• Michigan State University — East Lansing, Michigan, United States

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