Developing an mHealth Application to Improve Cancer Chemotherapy Symptom Management

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Conditions studied: Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer

In brief

This research project addresses critical gaps in cancer symptom management through the creation of a mobile chemotherapy symptom management application. This application will assess for the presence and severity of common chemotherapy side-effects and provide personally tailored symptom-related video and narratives to enhance self-management of cancer and treatment-related symptoms. This study will examine patient acceptance and use of this mHealth application (called MyChemoCare) in a prospective trial of cancer patients (n=60) who are receiving chemotherapy for colorectal cancer at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02460822
Run by: University of Michigan
People needed: 16
Starts: 2014-10-01
Expected to finish: 2015-11-01
Last updated by the study team: 2017-05-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer
Expected to live at least 6 months
Initiating chemotherapy for the first time in their treatment history
Physically and mentally able to participate
Able to read English
Willing and able to sign informed consent

You may not qualify if…

A treatment plan that does not include cytotoxic chemotherapy for colon or rectal cancer
A medical history that includes cancer with the exception of in situ cancers of the cervix and basal cell cancers of the skin
A current diagnosis that includes multiple cancers (this does not exclude metastatic disease)
Received prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for any reason
A diagnosed psychiatric disorder

Where it is running

University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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