Fitbits for cancer: study tests if activity tracking predicts health

NCT ID NCT01365169

Summary

This study is testing whether data from wearable activity monitors (like Fitbits) can be collected from cancer patients and used by doctors. Researchers want to see if a patient's daily activity levels are connected to their overall health status and survival. The goal is to gather evidence for using this technology to help monitor patients outside the clinic.

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  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

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    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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MALIGNANT HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASM MALIGNANT NEOPLASM METASTATIC MALIGNANT NEOPLASM IN THE NECK METASTATIC MALIGNANT NEOPLASM IN THE UTERINE CERVIX METASTATIC OR LOCALLY UNRESECTABLE SOLID TUMOR PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA RECURRENT COLORECTAL CARCINOMA STAGE I COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE I HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE I MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE I NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE I ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE I OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE II COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE II HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE II MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE II NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE II ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE II OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE IIA COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IIB COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IIC COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE III COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE III HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE III LARYNGEAL CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE III MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE III NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE III ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE III OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE IIIA COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IIIB COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IIIC COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IV COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVA COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVA HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE IVA LARYNGEAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVA MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVA NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE IVA ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE IVA OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE IVB COLORECTAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVB HYPOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE IVB LARYNGEAL CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVB MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND CANCER AJCC V7 STAGE IVB NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7 STAGE IVB ORAL CAVITY CANCER AJCC V6 AND V7 STAGE IVB OROPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AJCC V7