Status:

UNKNOWN

Home Testing of Blood Counts in Chemotherapy Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University of Leeds

Collaborating Sponsors:

Philips Healthcare

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesise that cancer patients on systemic anticancer therapy can measure a home blood count, temperature, record qualitative data and transfer the results electronically to the ho...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any solid tumour diagnosis being managed by either medical or clinical oncologists.
  • Patients receiving one or more systemic chemotherapy drugs or targeted therapy at Leeds Cancer Centre.
  • Adults ≥ 18 years.
  • Live within boundaries of Local Care Direct service provision.
  • Live in post-code with good 2G, 3G or GPRS connectivity according to coverage map.

Exclusion

  • On hormone treatment only for their cancer.
  • Participating in the active phase of a therapeutic clinical trial.
  • Inability to give informed consent due to mental capacity or language barrier.
  • Patient or carer unable or unlikely to be able to perform fine manipulation required to use lancet or cartridge to obtain capillary blood sample and result.
  • Known inherited or acquired bleeding disorder.
  • History of haematological malignancy.
  • Known poorly controlled anti-coagulation (INR\>3.0 within 6 months)
  • Prisoner in custody of HM Prison Service.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2016

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02234453

Start Date

October 1 2016

End Date

April 1 2017

Last Update

June 17 2016

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St James's Teaching Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, LS9 7TF