eHealth for the Elderly

Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial

— My-eStEPs  

Official title:

Multiple Myeloma Patients and Their HCPs Tested eHealth Support

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04393090
• Other study ID #: CAN-17-01
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: May 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Cankado Service GmbH
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Since internet usage as a complementing element in cancer care is becoming more and more important in oncological routine we launched My-eStEPs (eHealth Strategy for Elderly Patients with Multiple Myeloma) to investigate how specifically elderly patients and their Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) adopt electronic Health (eHealth) support during outpatient treatment. The purpose of this project is to explore how eHealth support influences patients' interaction with their HCPs and how both can benefit from this.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: May 2017
• Est. primary completion date: May 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• multiple myeloma patients

• treated by oral IMiDs

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Multiple Myeloma
• Neoplasms, Plasma Cell

Intervention

Other:
• eHealth platform CANKADO
The patients were asked to use the open eHealth platform CANKADO as a digital supporting tool.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Hämato-Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis	Aschaffenburg
Germany	St.-Antonius-Hospital	Eschweiler
Germany	Praxis am Albertinen- Krankenhaus	Hamburg
Germany	Institut für Versorgungsforschung in der Onkologie GbR	Koblenz
Germany	Onkologie-Köln,	Köln
Germany	Gemeinschaftspraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie	Langen
Germany	Praxis Dr. med. Peter Ehscheidt, Facharzt für Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Medikamentöse Tumortherapie und Palliativmedizin	Neuwied
Germany	Medicum	Wiesbaden

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cankado Service GmbH

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of patient's internet use	Evaluated in the following criteria: daily, at least once per week, at least once per month, less than once per month	3 months
Primary	Purpose of patient's internet use	Evaluated in the following criteria: news, online-banking, information collection about products, health-related topics, software downloads, dictionaries	3 months
Primary	Patient's internet use for health-related topics	Evaluated in the following criteria: does the patient use the internet for health-related topics and if yes, for what exactly	3 months
Primary	Patient's technical equipment	The presence of following equipment was evaluated: fixed network telephone, smartphone, internet-enabled computer, notebook, laptop, iPad and tablet ownership.	3 months
Primary	eHealth usage satisfaction	By a structured interview with the patients about their user satisfaction (graded between 1 (best) and 5 (worst))	3 months