Experience of older adults with technology in clinical trials
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The experience of older participants in oncology clinical trials with the use of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (e-PROs)
IRAS ID
235458
Contact name
Graeme Donald
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 18 days
Research summary
This study will explore from a pragmatic point of view the experience of older participants in oncology clinical trials with the use of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (e-PROs). The study aim to identify the acceptability and possible barriers with the use of technology in clinical trials to report PROs by older participants.
An e-PRO is an electronic "report of the status of a patient's health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient's response by a clinician or anyone else” as per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, 2009). Clinical trials include the use of PROs to explore endpoints beyond the traditional safety and efficacy measurements, acknowledging participant´s quality of life as an important indicator of the success of the drug/intervention tested. Electronic PROs are substituting paper based PROs due to environmental and data collection benefits. Unfortunately data suggests older participants may not be familiar with the use of technology as only 38.7% of adults over 75 years old in the UK are recent internet users (Office for National Statistics, 2017) and age is a factor in the use of technology.
This project aims to describe the attitudes, perceptions and insights of older adults with the use of e-PROs in clinical trials. One-hour Semi-structured interview, one-to-one, face-to-face will be performed with each participant, recruiting from April to June 2018. The interviews will take place at The Christie Hospital Foundation Trust. Unless any clarification is necessary, participants will not be contacted again after the interview.
REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/0853
Date of REC Opinion
3 Jul 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion