# Remote COVID-19 Symptom Tracking and Improved Cancer Symptom Control for Cancer Patients at Home During the Pandemic

> **NIH NIH R01** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2020 · $152,500

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an opportunity to rapidly flex platforms for remote cancer
symptom tracking and management to incorporate COVID-19 symptom monitoring and reinforce risk-reducing
precautions. It is critical for cancer patients at home to monitor early indications of COVID-19 symptoms, to
adhere to mitigation strategies, as well as to manage their cancer-related symptoms so that they can decrease
the need to utilize the emergency department or unplanned hospitalizations for symptom care, which is a
common occurrence during cancer care. Remote monitoring adds a layer of home-based support which can
benefit all cancer patients and is not restricted to geographic proximity to oncology providers or distance from a
cancer center. Our Symptom Care at Home (SCH) system, utilized for our currently funded R01CA206522
project to monitor and manage patient-reported (PRO) cancer symptoms, includes these necessary elements:
remote PRO symptom monitoring, patient self-management information, and oncology provider (nurse
practitioner) notification of symptoms exceeding pre-set thresholds. We propose adding two aims to
R01CA206522 in response to PA-18-935 Urgent Competitive Revision to an Existing NIH Grant. The overall
purpose of this supplement is to describe the impacts of COVID-19 on cancer patients’ well-being at home and
evaluate, through a randomized clinical trial, if a systematic patient-reported outcomes (PRO) reporting
process improves cancer care during a pandemic as compared to usual care. Specific Aims include: 1)
describe patient-reported COVID-19 and cancer symptom trajectories over time, COVID-19 social distancing
and hygiene practices, and COVID-19 related cancer treatment and daily living impacts on cancer patients
receiving the SCH-COVID intervention and 2) compare the SCH-COVID intervention to enhanced usual care
on health care utilization, COVID-19 diagnosis and outcomes, cancer treatment delays or changes, and
patient-reported global health, anxiety, mood, and feelings of social isolation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10149547
- **Project number:** 3R01CA206522-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** KATHLEEN H MOONEY
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $152,500
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-05-01 → 2022-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10149547

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10149547, Remote COVID-19 Symptom Tracking and Improved Cancer Symptom Control for Cancer Patients at Home During the Pandemic (3R01CA206522-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10149547. Licensed CC0.

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