Comparison of two patient reported outcome tools.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Comparison of two patient reported outcome tools for patients with lung cancer.
IRAS ID
237641
Contact name
Corinne Faivre-Finn
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 1 days
Research summary
It is quite common for cancer patients to experience adverse symptoms relating to treatment or their disease. These symptoms are traditionally managed by the patient’s doctor and treated accordingly. There is now a large body of evidence to suggest that if patients monitor these symptoms they experience a higher quality of life and often live longer compared to patients who are monitored by doctors alone.
A few questionnaires called ‘Patient Reported Outcomes’ have been developed that allow patients to describe and record their own symptoms. Data collected directly from the patient has the potential to reduce subjective interpretation of experiences by clinicians, errors during transfer of information, and also can pick up symptoms sooner.
This study aims to access the utility of two different tools to collect data on patient reported symptoms. The tools will be given to lung cancer patients in the outpatient clinic at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
There is also very little evidence that patient reported symptoms are collected in the context of their on-going health issues. This study will establish the effect of on-going comorbidities on patient reported data. Hopefully this will benefit lung cancer patients in the future.
REC name
London - City & East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/0836
Date of REC Opinion
17 May 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion