Remote Assessment of Signs and Symptoms in Palliative Care

Recruiting

• Conditions: Palliative Care; Vital Signs; Remote Monitoring

• Registration Number: NCT06587321
• Lead Sponsor: Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services

Brief Summary

Digital health interventions, including remote monitoring of patients, have been identified as a possible way to address current problems within the health service, including insufficient numbers of staff, and an increasing number of patients requiring services.

The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of using remote monitoring for patients who are receiving palliative care and to see whether remote monitoring can improve care and outcomes for patients and their families.

Participants in this study will complete regular (daily, weekly, monthly) questionnaires online about how they are feeling. They will also be given equipment to measure their vital signs every day. The clinical team will have access to the results and be able to respond to any new problems as they arise. Patients and their carers will then complete a questionnaire at one month to assess satisfaction with the use of remote monitoring.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-05
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-19
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-31
• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-27
• Study Completion: 2025-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Primary diagnosis of advanced cancer or another life-limiting condition
• Estimated prognosis greater than 3 months
• Referred for community-based specialist palliative care
• Living in own home (or home of family carer)
• Living with a family carer

Exclusion Criteria

• Estimated prognosis less than 3 months or more than 12 months
• Cognitive impairment - unable to provide consent / complete assessments
• Non-English speaker
• Living in care home / nursing home / hospice / community hospital
• Not living with a family carer

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Completion rates of assessments	At the end of 1 month	Number of assessments completed over the study time-frame

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recruitment rate	6 months	The number of patients approached to take part in the study who then entered the study
Retention rate	6 months	The number of patients who entered and then completed the study
Acceptability	1 month	A patient / carer acceptability questionnaire completed at 1 month into study period
Use of community palliative care resources	6 months	Number of phone calls / visits / interventions participants receive
Use of GP / hospital resources	6 months	The number of unplanned GP visits / hospital attendances over the study period

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services; 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland