Using a Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Adherence to Oral Anticancer Medications

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sarcoma; Lung; Solid Tumor Gastrointestinal

Treatments: Other: usual care; Other: SMS/MMS text messaging

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02833246

16-810

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being done to determine if sending reminder text messages helps patients take their Oral Anticancer Medication (OAMs) when they are supposed to.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient in the Sarcoma, Solid Tumor Gastrointestinal (ST GI), and Thoracic Medicine service at MSK.
• Starting a new treatment regimen that includes a single oral anticancer medication
• Patients must have a mobile phone that can send and receive SMS/MMS messages and is internet-enabled.
• Age 18 or older.
• Ability to speak and read English because we do not have the resources to translate the text messages into other languages.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient expresses inability or unfamiliarity with using SMS/MMS messaging on their phone and is unwilling to be trained in the use of this technology.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

SMS/MMS text messaging

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will be able to tailor their SMS/MMS reminders with respect to when (i.e., what time of day) they wish to receive the reminders, as well as how often the messages are sent (e.g., morning and evening).

Treatment:

Other: SMS/MMS text messaging

usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

This includes physician and nursing assessment and intervention for any identified AEs. Of note, there is not currently standard follow-up that patients receive from nursing or physician staff while on an OAM treatment. Patients are encouraged to call their physician's office with any questions or changes in their medical status but are not called routinely by MSK staff.

Treatment:

Other: usual care