New study tests if checking in from home can improve cancer care
NCT ID NCT07024329
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a program where cancer patients report symptoms from home using a digital questionnaire. A nurse monitors the results and provides advice between clinic visits. The goal is to see if this improves quality of life and reduces emergency room visits and hospital stays. Over 1,000 patients will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Remote symptom monitoring and management program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could improve cancer patients' quality of life and reduce emergency visits and hospital stays by catching symptoms early.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large implementation study, not a drug trial. The benefit may be modest and depend on patient engagement. Results may not apply to all cancer types or healthcare systems.
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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 1,055 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 * Have cancer * Receiving care in one of the participating clinics. * Able to sign up for MyAHS Connect and consent. * Have access to a digital device at home * Able to complete their electronic PROs questionnaire without support from the clinic team on a weekly (patients on active treatment) or monthly (patients on follow-up) basis, for the duration of the intervention or until they are discharged from the clinic. * Regular access to a telephone in order for the study nurse to call patients to provide symptom management support. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with cognitive disabilities or who cannot reliably report symptoms independently. * Patients not residing in Alberta, as government-issued ID is required to register for MyAHS Connect. * Patients who do not have regular access to a telephone, as the study nurse needs to be able to call patients to provide symptom management support. * Patients who do not speak English, or who do not have an English-speaking friend, family member, or caregiver to assist them, as the electronic PROs questionnaire is only available in English at this time.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Arthur J. E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGCalgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
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Central Alberta Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGRed Deer, Alberta, T4N 6R2, Canada
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Cross Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada
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High River Community Cancer Centre
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHigh River, Alberta, T1V 1B3, Canada
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