Using a Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Adherence to Oral Anticancer Medications

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center28 enrolled

Overview

This study is being done to determine if sending reminder text messages helps patients take their Oral Anticancer Medication (OAMs) when they are supposed to.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sarcoma Lung Solid Tumor Gastrointestinal

Interventions

SMS/MMS text messagingOTHER

text messaging reminders on oral chemotherapy medication adherence

usual careOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient in the Sarcoma, Solid Tumor Gastrointestinal (ST GI), and Thoracic Medicine service at MSK. * Starting a new treatment regimen that includes a single oral anticancer medication * Patients must have a mobile phone that can send and receive SMS/MMS messages and is internet-enabled. * Age 18 or older. * Ability to speak and read English because we do not have the resources to translate the text messages into other languages. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient expresses inability or unfamiliarity with using SMS/MMS messaging on their phone and is unwilling to be trained in the use of this technology.

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

objective pill count

is greater or less than the amount of OAM that the patient should have in their possession.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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