Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2018
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyAn Automated Intervention Did Not Improve Adherence to Oral Oncolytic Agents While Managing Symptoms: Results From a Two-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.
An increasing number of oral cancer treatments require patient adherence and symptom self-management. ⋯ Adherence may be less of a problem than originally anticipated, and intervention was not efficacious possibly because of already high rates of patient adherence to oral oncolytic medication during first 12 weeks. Longer follow-up in future research may identify subgroups of patients who need interventions to sustain adherence.