NCT05578898

CLEAR Care Companion Application

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hospital readmissions are common after major cancer surgery, leading to poorer patient outcomes, increased mortality and additional costs. In this study, Clinical and Engineering Approaches to Readmission (CLEAR) Care Companion Application, investigators aim to utilize a smartphone application that tracks concerning postoperative symptoms and provides educational interventions to determine if this can minimize delays in communication between patients and medical providers, increase patient satisfaction with the care received, and reduce or lessen the severity of readmissions.

Detailed description

Patients complete clinically meaningful questions and validated questionnaires pertaining to physiological and psychological symptoms that serve as early indicators of readmission, with the aim to improve experience by empowering patient to be active participants in their recovery, identify complications early to minimize morbidity and reduce overall readmissions. The study has the following three objectives: (1) Assess patient engagement with the CLEAR Care Companion application for patients that have undergone radical cystectomy (2) Measure patient experience with the application and its effect on satisfaction with overall care (3) Evaluate the effect of the application on case complexity (readmission intensity) and overall readmission rates.

Conditions

• Bladder Cancer
• Radical Cystectomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	CLEAR Care Companion (CC) application	The CLEAR CC application is an EPIC-based, electronic application, downloaded to the patient's Smartphone or Tablet. The CLEAR CC leverages patient-reported symptoms assessment vis-a-vis push notifications to complete clinically meaningful questions and validated questionnaires pertaining to symptoms that serve as early indicators of readmission. The CLEAR CC application will send notifications beginning two days prior to surgery and continue until the 6 week post operative appointment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-12
• Primary completion: 2024-07-24
• Completion: 2024-07-24
• First posted: 2022-10-13
• Last updated: 2025-01-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States