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Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell NeoplasmNCT03892967

Enhanced, EHR-facilitated Cancer Symptom Control Pragmatic Clinical Trial

A study testing Interview, Quality-of-Life Assessment and Questionnaire Administration in people with Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm and Malignant Solid Neoplasm, run by Mayo Clinic at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This early phase I trial investigates enhanced, electronic health record (EHR)-facilitated cancer system control. Cancer and its treatment are often associated with severe, disabling symptoms that have been causally linked to diminished survival, increased healthcare utilization, degraded quality of life… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Interview, Quality-of-Life Assessment and Questionnaire Administration
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
50,207 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
28 Mar 2019to 31 Jan 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Being seen for a solid or liquid cancer at a Midwest Mayo Clinic Midwest Mayo Clinic Health Systems (MCHS) site or for a solid tumor at Mayo Clinic Rochester

Who cannot join

  • No Minors (under age 18) will receive the questionnaires but no further exclusions can be made based on the standard of care for questionnaire assignment

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

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About this study

Official title: Enhanced, EHR-Facilitated Cancer Symptom Control (E2C2) Trial

This early phase I trial investigates enhanced, electronic health record (EHR)-facilitated cancer system control. Cancer and its treatment are often associated with severe, disabling symptoms that have been causally linked to diminished survival, increased healthcare utilization, degraded quality of life, unemployment, and non-adherence to recommended cancer treatments. Collaborative case management for control of moderate or worse sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue (SPADE symptoms), and physical dysfunction among cancer survivors and patients with cancer may improve quality of life, symptom severity, and adherence to cancer treatment, and may also reduce need for acute care.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Conduct a cluster randomized pragmatic trial with a stepped wedge design to test the hypothesis that a symptom control-focused enhanced, electronic health record (EHR)-facilitated cancer symptom control (E2C2) intervention will significantly reduce sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue (SPADE) symptom and physical dysfunction scores, reduce unplanned hospitalizations and emergency department visits, improve adherence to cancer therapies, and improve self-reported quality of life.

II. Evaluate the hypothesis that use of a multifaceted, evidence-based implementation strategy to support adoption and use of the E2C2 system will result in improvements in implementation and clinical outcomes.

III. Conduct a mixed methods evaluation to detect, understand and reduce disparities in the adoption and implementation of the E2C2 intervention among elderly and rural-dwelling patients with cancer.

OUTLINE:

The first Primary Objective involves a stepped wedge enrollment into the study intervention. Involvement is based off the patients' responses to the pain questionnaire (low pain = no involvement, moderate pain = offer of patient education materials, severe pain = involvement of a Symptom Care Manager). Symptom Care Managers will work with interested patients who endorse high pain to help address and manage their pain. The third objective involves a subset of patients included in the E2C2 who are offered to participate in a one-time interview lasting 30-45 minutes. Providers and stakeholders also will be invited to participate in an interview lasting 15-30 minutes.

Being tested
Interview, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Questionnaire Administration
Medical subject headings
Hematologic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • InterviewOther

    Participate in interview

  • Quality-of-Life AssessmentOther

    Also called Quality of Life Assessment

    Ancillary studies

  • Questionnaire AdministrationOther

    Ancillary studies

Study groups in NCT03892967
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Supportive care (interview)ExperimentalPatients randomized to E2C2 intervention participate in an interview over 30-45 minutes. Providers and stakeholders also participate in an interview over 15-30 minutes.
Receives: Other: Interview; Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Other: Questionnaire Administration

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Sleep Disturbance, Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue (SPADE) Symptom Scores.

    Measured by 11-point Numeric Rating Scales (NRS) for sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and physical function impairment at clinic encounters. Symptoms were assessed on a scale of 0 to 10 with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.

    Changes in sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and physical function impairment from baseline score were modeled jointly as a co-primary outcome.

    Measured: Up to 46 months (beginning from a participants' index medical oncology encounter until death, last clinical encounter, or end of study)

  2. Physical Function Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) Scores

    Measured by 11-point Numeric Rating Scales (NRS) for sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and physical function impairment at clinic encounters. Symptoms were assessed on a scale of 0 to 10 with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.

    Changes in sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and physical function impairment following any NRS score of >=4/10 modeled jointly as a co-primary outcome.

    Measured: Up to 46 months (beginning from a participants' index medical oncology encounter until death, last clinical encounter, or end of study)

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Change in Anxiety Score

    Measured PROMIS-CAT T-scores up to every four months, depending on visit frequency. A T-score of 50 represents the average score for the U.S. general population, with a standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates a worse outcome. PROMIS-CAT T-scores were averaged for the control and intervention periods.

    Measured: Baseline to 46 months

  2. Change in Depression Score

    Measured PROMIS-CAT T-score up to every four months, depending on visit frequency. A T-score of 50 represents the average score for the U.S. general population, with a standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates a worse outcome. PROMIS-CAT T-scores were averaged for the control and intervention periods.

    Measured: Baseline to 46 months

  3. Change in Average Pain Interference Over the Past Week

    Measured PROMIS-CAT T-score up to every four months, depending on visit frequency. A T-score of 50 represents the average score for the U.S. general population, with a standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates a worse outcome. PROMIS-CAT T-scores were averaged for the control and intervention periods.

    Measured: Baseline to 46 months

  4. Change in Physical Function Score

    Measured PROMIS-CAT up to every four months, depending on visit frequency. A T-score of 50 represents the average score for the U.S. general population, with a standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates a better outcome. PROMIS-CAT T-scores were averaged for the control and intervention periods.

    Measured: Baseline to 46 months

  5. Health Care Utilization

    ER visits, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions

    Measured: Up to 46 months (beginning from a participants' index medical oncology encounter until death, 18 months after last clinical encounter, or end of study)

  6. Adherence to Cancer Treatment

    Number of doses of docetaxel and cyclophosphamide administered.

    Measured: Up to 46 months (beginning from a participants' index medical oncology encounter until death or end of study)

  7. Number of Deceased Participants

    Vital status (living or deceased) was determined by Accurint record search across multiple sources, including the Social Security Death Index

    Measured: Up to 46 months (beginning from a participants' index medical oncology encounter until death or end of study)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Mar 2019
  2. Study start28 Mar 2019
  3. Primary completion31 Jan 2023
  4. Study completion31 Jan 2023

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
50,207 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03892967
Sponsor's protocol ID
18-007779
Other IDs
NCI-2020-06973, P30CA015083, UM1CA233033, E2C2
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
19 Mar 2019
Last updated
7 Oct 2025
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Finney Rutten LJ, Ruddy KJ, Chlan LL, Griffin JM, Herrin J, Leppin AL, Pachman DR, Ridgeway JL, Rahman PA, Storlie CB, Wilson PM, Cheville AL. Pragmatic cluster randomized trial to evaluate effectiveness and implementation of enhanced EHR-facilitated cancer symptom control (E2C2). Trials. 2020 Jun 5;21(1):480. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04335-w.

    PubMed 32503661
  • Cheville AL, Herrin J, Pachman DR, Grzegorczyk V, Kroenke K, Ridgeway JL, Minteer SA, Austin JD, Griffin JM, Chlan L, Tofthagen C, Mitchell SA, Smith A, Ruddy KJ. Electronic health record-facilitated symptom surveillance and collaborative care intervention in oncology (E2C2): a cluster-randomised, population-level, stepped-wedge, pragmatic trial. Lancet Oncol. 2026 Jan;27(1):125-136. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00526-1. Epub 2025 Dec 1.

    PubMed 41344348
  • Minteer SA, Ridgeway JL, Pachman DR, Austin JD, Griffin JM, Ruddy KJ, Cheville AL. Barriers and facilitators to using practice facilitators to implement a remote cancer symptom management intervention: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Sep 3;25(1):1189. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-13378-1.

    PubMed 40903741
  • Kuharic M, Merle JL, Cella D, Mitchell SA, DiMartino L, Ridgeway JL, Dizon DS, Paudel R, Austin JD, Wong SL, Flores AM, Cheville AL, Smith JD; IMPACT Consortium. Psychometric evaluation of the NoMAD instrument in cancer care settings: assessing factorial validity, measurement invariance, and differential item functioning. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 Jun 16;6(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s43058-025-00756-3.

    PubMed 40524282
  • Austin JD, Finney Rutten LJ, Fischer K, Ridgeway J, Minteer S, Griffin JM, Pachman DR, Ruddy KJ, Cheville A. Advancing Care Team Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems for Cancer Symptom Management: Findings From a Hybrid Type II, Cluster-Randomized, Stepped-Wedge Trial. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Feb;21(2):209-217. doi: 10.1200/OP.24.00280. Epub 2024 Aug 6.

    PubMed 39106420
  • Ridgeway JL, Cheville AL, Fischer KJ, Tesch NK, Austin JD, Minteer SA, Pachman DR, Chlan LL, Ruddy KJ, Griffin JM. Tracking activities and adaptations in a multi-site stepped wedge pragmatic trial of a cancer symptom management intervention. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2024 Feb 9;38:101269. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101269. eCollection 2024 Apr.

    PubMed 38380342
  • Kroenke K, Lam V, Ruddy KJ, Pachman DR, Herrin J, Rahman PA, Griffin JM, Cheville AL. Prevalence, Severity, and Co-Occurrence of SPPADE Symptoms in 31,866 Patients With Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 May;65(5):367-377. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.01.020. Epub 2023 Feb 2.

    PubMed 36738867

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Interview, Quality-of-Life Assessment and Questionnaire Administration in people with Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm and Malignant Solid Neoplasm, run by Mayo Clinic at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Oct 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 7 Oct 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Sleep Disturbance, Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue (SPADE) Symptom Scores. (time frame: Up to 46 months (beginning from a participants' index medical oncology encounter until death, last clinical encounter, or end of study)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03892967, which also lists 7 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Oct 2025.

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