The purpose of this study is to test the ease of using a new device, called the GlowCap that reminds the patient to take their breast cancer hormone pill. The study will collect information about the experience with this device and what the patient thinks of its role in the daily pill taking routine.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
8
Participants will be provided with a device called the GlowCap for a period of 30 days. The device has visual and auditory cues to help patients remember to take their medication at the same time each day. The GlowCap will be programmed to glow when it is time for each patient to take her medication. The GlowCap will initially glow bright orange for the first hour from the time the patient is scheduled to take the medication. During the second hour, the GlowCap system will play music in addition to continuing to glow. If after 2 hours the patient still has not opened the medication bottle, she will receive a phone call reminding her to take her medication.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 1275 York Avenue
New York, New York, United States
Assess the usability of the GlowCap system by patients
\>60 years of age with early stage breast cancer.
Time frame: 2 years
Measure the acceptance and satisfaction of the GlowCap reminder system
with respect to medication adherence in patients \>60 years with early stage breast cancer taking adjuvant endocrine therapy.
Time frame: 2 years
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