NCT04809740

Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of Navigator-delivered ePRO Home Symptom Monitoring and Management

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT04809740
Registration Date2021-03-22
Statuscompleted
SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
CountryUnited States
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2021-05-04
Last Patient Out2026-01-31
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age18 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field GLM
glm-5.1
6925ms / 8723 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
5015ms / 9960 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
3197ms / 8586 tok
Review
rct_type N/A N/A N/A OK
cancer_status Cancer Cancer Cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient outpatient OK
setting_place other other other OK
feasibility N/A N/A → N/A
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: N/A Requery: N/A — This is a single-group implementation study without a concurrent control group, making it an observational/non-randomized study rather than an RCT.
N/A fully powered RCT → N/A
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: fully powered RCT Requery: N/A — This is a single-group implementation study evaluating the deployment of an intervention across all eligible cancer patients, not a randomized controlled trial.
N/A fully powered RCT → N/A
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: fully powered RCT Requery: N/A — This study is observational as it focuses on evaluating the implementation and impact of an intervention across multiple sites without randomization, despite using an intervention model.
OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device no no no OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The intervention is a single-modality health service intervention (navigator-delivered electronic patient-reported outcome [ePRO] symptom monitoring) without combining distinctly different intervention categories.
no no → yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The intervention combines multiple distinct components including navigator-delivered patient support, electronic patient-reported outcome monitoring technology, automated clinical alerts, and systematic symptom management protocols that work together as an integrated care delivery system. Thinking: no — This is a single-modality electronic symptom monitoring system (Home ePRO) delivered through navigators, not a multi-component intervention combining different therapeutic categories.
no no → yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The intervention combines electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) monitoring with navigator assistance, integrating technological and organizational components, making it a complex, multi-component intervention. Thinking: no — The study implements one health-service intervention—navigator-delivered electronic symptom monitoring—without combining it with separate pharmacologic, psychological, educational, or other distinct components.
OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The study evaluates the implementation and impact of an ePRO symptom monitoring and management intervention rather than testing a screening tool to identify palliative care needs.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This study is implementing and evaluating a navigator-delivered electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) home symptom monitoring system, not testing a screening tool to identify palliative care needs.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The trial evaluates the implementation of a home symptom monitoring system (Home ePRO) and not a screening tool as the core intervention.
OK
intervention_palliative no no no OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital yes yes yes OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom yes yes → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The study evaluates the impact of Home ePRO (electronic patient-reported outcomes) on symptom monitoring, explicitly listing distress and depression as patient-level outcomes in Aim 3.
yes no → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The study evaluates patient-level outcomes including distress and depression, which are symptom measures, through Home ePRO (electronic patient-reported outcomes) symptom monitoring.
yes yes → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The trial involves assessing symptoms through Home ePRO, including depression and distress, which are symptom measures.
OK
outcome_qol no no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no
no no → yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The study explicitly mentions that Home ePRO monitoring was previously associated with improved quality of life in Basch's trials, and the current study aims to assess similar clinical outcomes including functional status as part of evaluating the implementation impact. Thinking: no — The trial measures implementation outcomes and clinical outcomes (functional status, distress, depression, utilization, cost, survival) but does not mention any validated quality of life instruments.
no yes → no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The trial focuses on symptom monitoring rather than specific use of validated quality of life instruments such as EORTC QLQ-C30 or SF-36. Thinking: no — The protocol lists functional status and symptom/distress measures but does not specify any validated quality-of-life instruments such as EORTC QLQ, FACT, EQ-5D, or SF-36.
OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost yes yes yes OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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