Basch Ethan, Artz David, Iasonos Alexia, Speakman John, Shannon Kevin, Lin Kai, Pun Charmaine, Yong Henry, Fearn Paul, Barz Allison, Scher Howard I, McCabe Mary, Schrag Deborah
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 May-Jun;14(3):264-8. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2177. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
The current mechanism for monitoring toxicity symptoms in cancer trials depends on a complex paper-based process. Electronic collection of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) may be more efficient and accurate. An online PRO platform was created including a simple data entry interface, real-time report generation, and an alert system to e-mail clinicians when patients self-report serious toxicities. Feasibility assessment involving 180 chemotherapy patients demonstrated high levels of use at up to 40 follow-up clinic visits per patient over 16 months (85% of patients at any given visit), with high levels of patient and clinician acceptance and satisfaction (>95%). Alerts were used as the basis for delayed chemotherapy treatments, dose modifications, and scheduling changes. These results demonstrate that online patient-reporting is a feasible strategy for chemotherapy toxicity symptom monitoring, and may improve safety and satisfaction with care. Ongoing multi-center research will evaluate the impact of this approach on clinical and administrative outcomes.
目前癌症试验中监测毒性症状的机制依赖于一个复杂的纸质流程。电子收集患者报告结局(PROs)可能更高效、准确。创建了一个在线PRO平台,包括一个简单的数据录入界面、实时报告生成以及一个警报系统,当患者自我报告严重毒性时通过电子邮件通知临床医生。对180名化疗患者进行的可行性评估表明,在16个月内每位患者最多进行40次随访门诊时,该平台的使用率很高(在任何一次就诊时,85%的患者使用),患者和临床医生的接受度及满意度也很高(>95%)。警报被用作延迟化疗治疗、调整剂量和改变治疗安排的依据。这些结果表明,在线患者报告是化疗毒性症状监测的一种可行策略,可能会提高护理的安全性和满意度。正在进行的多中心研究将评估这种方法对临床和管理结果的影响。