Improving Cancer On-treatment Symptom Management
Completed
Conditions studied: Cancer, Thoracic Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Lung Cancer
In brief
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is an umbrella term that refers to any report on a health status measure that is reported directly by the patient, without the influence of clinicians or anyone else. PROMs have been shown to more closely reflect a patient's daily health status when compared to physician-reported measures. However, research is needed to evaluate if patient symptom reporting during definitive-intent radiotherapy allows earlier and improved detection of treatment toxicity. The IMPROVE pilot study will describe the proportion of patients with cancer with changes in physician-perception of treatment-related toxicity that result from routine physician review of PROMs reported during definitive radiotherapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04589247
- Run by
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- People needed
- 104
- Starts
- 2020-11-16
- Expected to finish
- 2025-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Men and women over 18 years of age
- Able to read and write in English or able to understand/answer questions with the aid of an interpreter
- Histologically confirmed loco-regional to advanced primary cancer, including but not limited to lung cancer, esophageal, or gastro-intestinal cancers at risk of developing radiotherapy-related toxicity.
- Receiving definitive conventionally-fractionated radiation treatment with or without chemotherapy
You may not qualify if…
- Patients receiving radiation for palliative intent
- Patients who do not provide informed consent
- Patients who chose to withdraw from the study
- Radiation Oncologists
- Inclusion criteria:
- Must be the physician overseeing the care of the patient who answers the PROMS
- Exclusion criteria:
- Have not provided informed consent
Where it is running
- Bayview Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Khinh Voong — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Suburban Hospital — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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