Study Buddy (an ECA Oncology Trial Advisor) for Cancer Trials

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Patient Satisfaction, Patient Compliance, Guideline Adherence

In brief

The Study Buddy ECA acts as an advisor to patients on chemotherapy regimens, promoting protocol adherence and retention, providing anticipatory guidance and answering questions, serving as a conduit to capture information about complaints or adverse events, providing a venue for communicating about updates. The Study Buddy will use the web-based ECA infrastructure developed for use on another project. We will use web browsers on tablets provided to study participants to access the Study Buddy, providing anywhere, anytime access to its functions. Usability metrics will include session time, satisfaction, and error rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02742740

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

4

Starts

2017-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• speaks English fluently
• is able to independently consent into this study and parent cancer study
• has adequate corrected vision to use the ECA system (based on a 1-minute functional screener)
• has adequate hearing to use the ECA system

You may not qualify if…

• suicidal or homicidal
• currently in police custody
• do not live in the Boston area
• plan on leaving the Boston area for more than 4 weeks in the next 6 months
• score 6 or less on the SPMSQ screening test

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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