Remote Activity Monitored by Fitbit Charge 3 in Investigating Daily Step and Sleep Data in Participants With Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University41 enrolled

Overview

This pilot trial studies remote activity monitored by Fitbit Charge 3 in investigating daily step and sleep data in participants with head and neck cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy. A wearable remote activity tracking device, such as the Fitbit Charge 3, may help to detect early signs of treatment or disease-related symptoms, improve quality of life, decrease emergency room visits, and decrease hospitalizations in participants with head and neck cancer.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine compliance with remote activity monitoring (RAM) in patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate feasibility of recruitment to the Remote Activity Monitoring Pilot (RAMP). II. Investigate patient acceptability of RAM. III. Evaluate compliance with electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) in this patient population. IV. Estimate the change in average daily steps associated with a one-unit change in health score as collected on ePRO analysis (analyze associations between RAM data and ePROs). V. Investigate correlations among step data, quality of life (QOL), and emergency room (ER) visits/hospitalizations.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Head and Neck Carcinoma

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects have head and neck cancer as defined in history and physical * Patients are eligible to be treated with RT or CRT and plan to start treatment * Patients are capable of giving informed consent * Patients must be able to read and/or to speak English * Patients who are 18 years of age or older * Women of reproductive potential should have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within the week prior to radiation CT planning scan Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who cannot read or speak English * Patients who are not candidates for RT/CRT treatment. * Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of time patients wear the Fitbit Charge 3 device (compliance)

Daily compliance with remote activity monitoring (RAM) will be defined as wearing the device for 19/24 hours daily (80% daily use). Overall study period compliance will be defined as usage of the device for at least 70% of the days under observation where it should have been worn. The overall study period compliance rate along with a one-sided exact 95% confidence interval will be estimated.

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 3 months