Home monitoring may keep cancer patients out of the ER
NCT ID NCT05038254
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using telemedicine and remote monitoring can help people with advanced digestive cancers manage chemotherapy side effects at home, reducing the need for emergency room visits and hospital stays. About 750 patients and their caregivers will receive enhanced outpatient support or usual care. The goal is to improve quality of life and keep treatment on track.
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Study facts
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- 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 750 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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
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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: * Adults (≥ 18 years) * English- and Spanish-fluent participants with thoracic and/or gastrointestinal cancers who are scheduled to initiate or continue outpatient chemotherapy at either MDACC (Texas Medical Center campus and any Houston-area location) or MDACC oncology clinic at Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) hospital * Their adult (≥18 years) patient-identified or self-identified primary caregivers (MDACC only) * Participants on combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy or combination chemotherapy and biologic will also be eligible for inclusion. * Participants may participate if they do not have a caregiver, or if their caregiver declines participation; however, caregivers of MDACC participants may participate only if the participant consents. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who are receiving investigational new drug treatments or concurrently enrolled in a phase 1 clinical trial will be excluded due to the associated structured reporting and regulatory requirements. * Participants with a requirement for inpatient infusion (i.e. CAR-T cell therapy), living in institutional settings (i.e. prison, nursing homes), with a history of dementia, physical disability or neurological deficits that prohibit ability to report symptom burden will also be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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