Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Completed

NCT Number: NCT02833246

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

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.

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Sarcoma Lung Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Solid Tumor Gastrointestinal

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, 10065, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

SMS/MMS text messaging

Other

text messaging reminders on oral chemotherapy medication adherence

Usual Care

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. objective pill count

    Time frame: 1 year

    is greater or less than the amount of OAM that the patient should have in their possession.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 14, 2016
Registry last updated
Nov 19, 2018

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Related clinical trials

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.