Can remote check-ins and telehealth improve quality of life for advanced cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT07674797
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a program that combines palliative care with remote monitoring and telehealth to better support people with advanced cancer. Participants complete questionnaires and physical exams, and their care is tailored to their needs. The study includes 300 adults with metastatic solid tumors who speak English or Spanish.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- palliative care program with remote monitoring and telehealth
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could become a new standard for delivering personalized supportive care to people with advanced cancer, improving their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study with 300 participants, so results may not apply to all settings. The intervention involves questionnaires and check-ins, which may not suit everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Eligibility Criteria * Age ≥ 18 * Outpatients who are within 12 weeks of diagnosis of metastatic solid tumors and seen by one of the participating medical oncologists * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 0.2 * Able to speak English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: . Cognitive impairment in the opinion of the oncologist necessitating need for a surrogate decision making. • Previously seen by SPC team at UT MD Anderson
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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