Text Message (SMS) to Help Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy Treatment

Samanta Winck Madruga

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Side Effect; Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Text message intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03087422

HospitalEscolaUFPel

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the text message (SMS) with orientation to help the management of chemotherapy treatment.

Full description

The investigators developed an app (called ChemotherApp) for Android that automatically sends text messages with homecare orientation to cancer patients in intervention group. The main features of this app are: to register information such as name, number of cellphone, gender, and chemotherapy schedule of the patient. Other feature is to register the orientation that will be sent to patients by text messages. Daily, the app send a registered orientation to each patient.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cancer patients who will start chemotherapy treatment in Hospital Escola of Federal University of Pelotas.

Exclusion criteria

• Illiterate patients; Patients who do not have their own cell phone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The patients in this group will receive daily a text message (SMS) with some orientation about Homecare as an attempt to minimize the side effects of chemotherapy. The text messages are based on oncology guidelines.The text messages contain information about water intake, emotional support, hygiene, immunity, nutrition, and physical activity. In addition, text messages about prevention and management of symptoms were also developed: nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, gas, changes in the skin and taste. Also, the patients allocated in this group will receive the standard care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text message intervention

control

No Intervention group

Description:

The patients allocated in this group will receive the standard care.