Voice-Assisted Remote Symptom Monitoring for Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery
This study is testing a Voice-Assisted Remote Symptom Monitoring System (VARSMS) to improve care after surgery for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. If you are at least 18 years old, speak English, and have reliable Wi-Fi, you might be able to join. You would be scheduled for GI surgery for a tumor at a participating hospital. The VARSMS uses an Amazon Echo Dot to ask you questions about your symptoms. The study will measure your symptoms using a special questionnaire 40 days after surgery. This system is not used for diagnosis or treatment. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.
- Study design
- This is a randomized controlled trial comparing patients who use the VARSMS with a control group. It plans to enroll 281 participants.
- What's involved
- You would use an Alexa Skill on an Amazon Echo Dot device to answer questions about your symptoms.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your symptoms will be measured 40 days after surgery.
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REmote Symptom COllection to improVE postopeRative Care
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 2 statesWho to contact
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What this trial measures
- Custom questionnaire based on NCI PRO CTCAE (National Cancer Institute- Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events)40 days
Daily symptom-based self-reported assessment on dyspnea, fever, melena, pain, wound healing, activities of daily living, sensorium, gastrointestinal motility, dysphagia, pitting edema, mood, and an option to mention symptoms not asked of. This is monitored by the research team, and any concerning finding, at the discretion of the site's physician, will be relayed to the subject's treating physician. Treating physician has final decision on whether to address referral by adjustment of management.