Web-Based Symptom Monitoring With Patient-Reported Outcomes During Definitive Radiation Therapy With Chemotherapy (SYMPATHY): A Prospective Single-Center Phase 1 Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We evaluated the feasibility of patient symptom self-reporting using a web-based interface (WBI), with automated message alerts for severe and/or worsening symptoms, in patients undergoing definitive chemoradiation therapy (CRT).

Methods and materials

Patients receiving definitive CRT for gastrointestinal, lung, and head and neck cancers with access to a computer and/or mobile device were eligible. Symptom self-reporting was conducted via a WBI through surveys adapted from the patient-reported outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events: 2 per week during CRT and 1 per week for 3 months after CRT. Nurses were alerted whenever a patient's symptom worsened by ≥2 points or reached a score of ≥3. Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Informatio

SUBMITTER: Ma TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10238265 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature