RCT of Mobile Apps & FitBit v. Usual Care

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hepatic Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Colon Cancer; Small Bowel Cancer; Rectal Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer

Treatments: Other: Standard of care; Other: Mobile health application and Fitbit + standard of care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03623464

1608017482

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the use of mobile devices in preventing readmission in patients undergoing major GI cancer operations.

Full description

Patients will be randomized to 1) standard of care or 2) to use our mobile app with standard care. The mobile app will collect information on patients' daily physical activity patterns and health status data for clinicians using smartphone mobile technology applications. The investigators believe that by tracking information on patients, the investigators may be able to intervene sooner and prevent a delay in care.

Enrollment: 107 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Subject is 18 years or older
2. Subject speaks English
3. Subject owns a smart phone
4. Subject is scheduled to undergo surgery for a GI cancer (pancreatic, hepatic, gastric, small bowel, colon, or rectal cancers)

Exclusion criteria

1. Physician deems the subject is unable to complete the study due to documented dementia
2. Subject is undergoing emergent surgery
3. Subject has sepsis from another source
4. Physician deems the subject is unable to complete the study due to documented alcohol and/or drug abuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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107 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile app and Fitbit + Standard of care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Mobile health application and Fitbit + standard of care: Participants will utilize mobile app and Fitbit and standard of care. Mobility data will be generated using a mobile health tracker designed for smartphone devices.

Treatment:

Other: Mobile health application and Fitbit + standard of care

Standard of care

Other group

Description:

Participants will receive standard of care

Treatment:

Other: Standard of care