Trial reportCancer medicine2017
Automated home monitoring and management of patient-reported symptoms during chemotherapy: results of the symptom care at home RCT.
Trial report in Cancer medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
118 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Digital Health Interventions on Symptom Management and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients Undergoing Systemic Therapy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Pooled it
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Cancer Care: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of mHealth apps on adherence and symptoms to oral anticancer medications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- The feasibility of telehealth in the monitoring of head and neck cancer patients: a systematic review on remote technology, user adherence, user satisfaction, and quality of life.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Nurse-led telehealth interventions for symptom management in patients with cancer receiving systemic or radiation therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Acceptance and Use of Home-Based Electronic Symptom Self-Reporting Systems in Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Patient experiences with technology enabled care across healthcare settings- a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Clinical decision support for therapeutic decision-making in cancer: A systematic review.International journal of medical informatics · 2019Pooled it
- The Use and Effects of Electronic Health Tools for Patient Self-Monitoring and Reporting of Outcomes Following Medication Use: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Cost-Effective Components of a Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring System for Chemotherapy.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- The Effect of Nurse Navigators in Digital Remote Monitoring in Cancer Care: Case Study Using Structural Equation Modeling.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Essential Components of an Electronic Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring and Management System: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Pairing automated exercise coaching with patient-reported symptom monitoring: A way to nudge exercise uptake during cancer treatment?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Quality of life after patient-initiated vs physician-initiated response to symptom monitoring: the SYMPRO-Lung trial.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Trial
- The iBLAD study: patient-reported outcomes in bladder cancer during oncological treatment: a multicenter national randomized controlled trial.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Trial
- Real time remote symptom monitoring during chemotherapy for cancer: European multicentre randomised controlled trial (eSMART).BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Trial
- Development and evaluation of the Cancer Symptom Management System: Symptom Management Improves your LifE (SMILE)-a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Trial
- Chemotherapy-related neuropathic symptom management: a randomized trial of an automated symptom-monitoring system paired with nurse practitioner follow-up.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Trial
- Automated home monitoring and management of patient-reported symptoms during chemotherapy: results of the symptom care at home RCT.Cancer medicine · 2017Trial
- Age Is Not a Barrier: Older Adults With Cancer Derive Similar Benefit in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Remote Symptom Monitoring Intervention Compared With Younger Adults.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterTrial
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Technology-aided remote interventions for poorly controlled symptoms may improve cancer symptom outcomes. In a randomized controlled trial, the efficacy of an automated symptom management system was tested to determine if it reduced chemotherapy-related symptoms. Prospectively, 358 patients beginning chemotherapy were randomized to the Symptom Care at Home (SCH) intervention (n = 180) or enhanced usual care (UC) (n = 178). Participants called the automated monitoring system daily reporting severity of 11 symptoms. SCH participants received automated self-management coaching and nurse practitioner (NP) telephone follow-up for poorly controlled symptoms. NPs used a guideline-based decision support system. Primary endpoints were symptom severity across all symptoms, and the number of severe, moderate, mild, and no symptom days. A secondary endpoint was individual symptom severity. Mixed effects linear modeling and negative binominal regressions were used to compare SCH with UC. SCH participants had significantly less symptom severity across all symptoms (P < 0.001). On average, the relative symptom burden reduction for SCH participants was 3.59 severity points (P < 0.001), roughly 43% of UC. With a very rapid treatment benefit, SCH participants had significant reductions in severe (67% less) and moderate (39% less) symptom days compared with UC (both P < 0.001). All individual symptoms, except diarrhea, were significantly lower for SCH participants (P < 0.05). Symptom Care at Home dramatically improved symptom outcomes. These results demonstrate that symptoms can be improved through automated home monitoring and follow-up to intensify care for poorly controlled symptoms.
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