Effects of a Visual Interactive LINE Chatbot on Self-Management of EGFR-TKI Related Side Effects in Patients With Lung Cancer

National Taiwan University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Visual-Interactive LINE Chatbot

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07310589

202506172RINB

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate a visual interactive LINE chatbot designed to support self-management of treatment-related side effects among patients with advanced lung cancer receiving epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) therapy.

Patients receiving EGFR-TKI treatment often experience long-term side effects that require ongoing self-management. In this randomized controlled trial, participants will be assigned to receive either usual care alone or usual care plus access to the LINE chatbot intervention, which provides visualized and interactive educational content for symptom monitoring and self-care.

The primary outcome of this study is self-management ability related to EGFR-TKI-associated side effects. Secondary outcomes include quality of life during treatment and overall satisfaction with the LINE chatbot intervention.

Full description

The objective of this study is to evaluate a visual interactive LINE chatbot designed to support self-management of treatment-related side effects among patients with advanced lung cancer receiving epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) therapy.

This study uses a randomized controlled trial design. Participants will be recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan and randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. The control group will receive standard education and routine clinical care, while the intervention group will receive standard care plus access to the visual interactive LINE chatbot intervention. The chatbot provides visualized and interactive educational content to support symptom monitoring and self-care during treatment.

Assessments will be conducted at baseline and at multiple follow-up time points after enrollment to evaluate self-management ability related to EGFR-TKI-associated side effects, quality of life during treatment, and overall satisfaction with the chatbot intervention.

Enrollment: 178 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with newly diagnosed stage IIIB to IVB unresectable or inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), or those with first disease recurrence who are receiving oral targeted therapy.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2, with the ability to perform self-care activities.
• Patients receiving epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) therapy, including gefitinib, erlotinib, afatinib, dacomitinib, or osimertinib.
• Willingness to participate in the study, with completion of the informed consent process and provision of written informed consent.
• Ability to communicate in Chinese and to independently operate a smartphone and use the LINE application.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed with a second primary malignancy or multiple malignancies.
• Patients receiving other anticancer treatments.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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178 participants in 2 patient groups

LINE Chatbot Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive usual care plus access to a visual interactive LINE chatbot designed to support self-management of treatment-related side effects during EGFR-TKI therapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Visual-Interactive LINE Chatbot

usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants receive usual care, which consists of standard paper-based educational materials provided as part of routine clinical care, without access to the LINE chatbot.