Incorporating Biometric Data Evaluation for Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summary
This study will assess the feasibility of incorporating biometric data via wearable health technology (WHT) into the radiation oncology (RO) clinic workflow for patients receiving concurrent radiation therapy and systemic therapy (CRT) for cancer. The investigators hypothesize that a practical workflow could be created within a busy community RO practice that will allow providers and patients to readily appreciate physiologic declines during concurrent CRT. Subjects will be asked to wear a device as part of this study that will collect their biometric data (heart rate, number of steps taken per day, etc) called a WHT device throughout their treatment and for 4 weeks afterward. Subjects will be asked to upload the data from their devices onto the computers in the clinic for the assessment.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria In order to participate in this study a subject must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below. Subjects 1. All genders aged ≥ 18 years of age. 2. English-speakers 3. Able to understand and cooperate with study procedures. 4. Signed and dated informed consent. 5. Subjects being seen at Novant-New Hanover Regional Medical Center for diagnosis and management of cancer. 6. Subjects prescribed to receive concurrent radiation therapy and systemic therapy either definitively or postoperatively. 7. Signed and dated HIPAA authorization for the release of personal health…
Location
- Novant Health Cancer Institute Radiation OncologyWilmington, North Carolina