Clinical trial NCT02751580: Telehealth in Improving Quality of Life in Patients During Post Radiation Therapy Visits
Official title: TELEPORT STUDY: A Pilot Feasibility Trial Examining The Use of Telehealth in Post Radiation Therapy Visits
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Malignant Neoplasm
Lead sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-04-26
Enrollment: 37
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This pilot clinical trial studies how well telehealth works in patients during post radiation therapy visits. A telehealth virtual office visit can be performed from the patient's home or workplace, decreasing time spent traveling to visit site, time spent in waiting room, and cost to patient. Studying telehealth may improve quality of life in patients during post radiation therapy visit.

Detailed description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To examine feasibility of conducting a trial comparing a telehealth visit and an in person office visit.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To examine patient satisfaction, patient assessment of physician communication during a telehealth visit.

II. To examine patient distrust in the healthcare system following a telehealth visit.

III. To examine physician ability to perform a patient assessment during a telehealth visit.

IV. To examine physician perceptions of telehealth visits. V. To examine monetary and time cost to patients for telehealth visit. VI. To calculate clinic savings derived from telehealth visits.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo their first post-treatment visit as a virtual telehealth visit using the JeffConnect application.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients currently undergoing or planned to start radiation treatment with curative, adjuvant or palliative intent
* Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score \>= 60
* Patients must be capable to read and speak English and provide study specific informed consent prior to study entry
* Patients must have access to a computer or smartphone and internet connection at home on which they would be willing to do a telehealth study
* Pennsylvania or New Jersey residents \*Telehealth visits for New Jersey residents will only be performed by physicians with a current medical license issued by the state of New Jersey.

Exclusion Criteria:

* KPS \< 60%
* No access to a computer, smartphone or internet
* Unable to read and/or speak English
* Decisionally impaired patients
* Patients not residing in Pennsylvania or New Jersey

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility of Conducting a Future Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Telehealth and in Person Visits (i.e., Rate of Accrual)
timeFrame: 24 months from first patient enrolled
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Patient Satisfaction With Telehealth Visits as Measured by the Patients Satisfaction With Cancer Care Score
timeFrame: 4 months from enrollment
measure: Number of Patients Satisfied With Physician Communication During Telehealth Visit
timeFrame: 4 months from enrollment
measure: Patient Distrust in the Healthcare System as Measured by the Health Care System Distrust Scale in Relation to Privacy of Medical Record (MR)
timeFrame: 4 months from enrollment
measure: Physicians Ability to Evaluate a Patient During a Telehealth Visit as Measured by the Physician Questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months from enrollment
measure: Physician Satisfaction With Post-treatment Telehealth Visit as Measured by the Modified Physician Satisfaction Scale
timeFrame: 4 months from enrollment
measure: Patient Costs for Telehealth Visit
timeFrame: Through study completion
measure: Clinic Savings Derived From Telehealth Visits
timeFrame: Through study completion
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Thomas Jefferson University
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University
name: Nicole Simone, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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