Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Supportive Care Delivered by Telemedicine to Cancer Patients at Home

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Supportive Care Delivered by Telemedicine to Cancer Patients at Home

Official Title: Virtual Visits by Supportive Care Specialists to Cancer Patients at Home: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Noninferiority Trial of Video Telemedicine

Study ID: NCT04136340

Conditions

Cancer

Supportive Care

Interventions

In-person in clinic follow-up visit

Telemedicine follow-up visit

Study Description

Brief Summary: This study will test whether supportive care follow-up delivered to cancer patients at home by telemedicine ("virtual" medical visits using telecommunications technologies) is as effective as in-person supportive care visits in the clinic.

Detailed Description: The protocol was developed and initially implemented when the standard of care for Supportive Care (and oncology) follow-up at MSK was in-person visiting and home telemedicine was only in an early stage of use at the institution. During the COVID-19 crisis, all outpatient Supportive Care visits and most oncology visits at MSK have been handled via telemedicine to protect patient (and staff) safety.