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"PRO-TECT" Patient Reported Outcomes to Enhance Cancer Treatment
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Patient Self-Reporting of Symptoms and Usual Care Delivery for Metastatic Cancer. Completed, enrolled 1,197 participants across 45 sites.
Detailed Summary
The current study is designed to test nationally whether patients' outcomes and utilization of services can be improved through symptom monitoring via patient-reported outcomes between visits.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
At baseline, CRAs will train patients to self-report symptoms and physical functioning weekly for up to a year, with a choice to do so online or via an automated telephone system. Whenever a concerning symptom is reported, an automated "email alert" notification will be sent to the site CRA. The CRA will forward the alert to the responsible clinical nurse (or other covering clinician) and CC the site's Nurse Champion. Within 72 hours, the CRA will document what action(s), if any, were taken by the nurse in response to the alert (entered by the CRA into a form in the PRO-Core system). A symptom report will be printed/generated by the site CRA whenever the patient has a clinic visit and will be given to the oncologist and nurse caring for the patient.
Patients receive routine cancer care delivery with no additional systematic monitoring of symptoms