Precision Performance Status Compared With ECOG Performance Status

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm

In brief

This study compares consumer movement trackers to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) in monitoring cancer patient movement. The ECOG PS emphasizes a patient's ambulatory status (ability to walk around), and scores patients on a scale of 0-5: 0 (no restrictions), 1 (ambulatory), 2 (\< 50% of hours spent in bed, unable to carry out work activities), 3 (\> 50% of hours spent in bed, limited in self care), 4 (bedbound and gravely disabled) and 5 (deceased). Accurate assessment of a patient's PS is paramount in informing therapeutic decision-making, whether it be to predict response and tolerability to treatment or determine eligibility for clinical trials. However, the ECOG PS scale is observational, and therefore limited in its precision. Information gained in this study may help researchers learn if there is a better way to assess patient movement with computerized analysis tools using movement trackers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07082257

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

41

Starts

2022-11-22

Expected to finish

2026-05-22

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• A diagnosis of cancer
• Age >= 18 years
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
• Able to ambulate without an assistive device

You may not qualify if…

• Missing lower limbs
• Known movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease, choreoathetoid movement disorders, essential tremor if that movement disorder is of sufficient severity to require drug therapy

Where it is running

• Los Angeles General Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
• USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — Los Angeles, California, United States

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