Connecting Audio and Radio Sensing Systems to Improve Care at Home
Completed
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer
In brief
This study aims to assess the usability of the innovative Audio + Radio (AURA) system in enhancing personalized supportive care for cancer patients and caregivers during the post-ostomy care transition by collecting information on patient's daily activities and answers to survey questionnaire, and enabling access to this information through a voice assistant device.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05344950
- Run by
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- People needed
- 13
- Starts
- 2022-03-21
- Expected to finish
- 2024-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-09-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Phase I: The investigators will only be recruiting patients for this phase
- Patients must:
- have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent;
- have had an ostomy with curative intent for at least 90 days;
- be able to read and speak English;
- be 18 years or older;
- Phase II: The investigators will be recruiting patients and caregivers as a dyad for this phase
- Patients must:
- have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent;
- be within one month of hospital discharge of a newly created ostomy with curative intent;
- be able to read and speak English;
- be 18 years or older;
- have a caregiver who is willing to participate in the study;
- Caregivers must:
- be 18 years or older;
- be able to read and speak English;
- be identified as the primary caregiver by the patient;
- have not themselves been diagnosed with cancer or received cancer treatment during the study (to ensure that patients and caregivers focus their efforts on care of the patient).
You may not qualify if…
- Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they:
- are unable to read, speak, or understand English;
- have more than one type of ostomy;
- have other cancer diagnosis (excluding non-melanomatous skin cancer); or
- have cognitive impairment (assessed by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire).
Where it is running
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.