The Indigo project is a digital clinical trial that aims to assess the feasibility of mass recruitment to a community cancer survivor study via a large-scale online platform using participant self-enrolment. Our ambition is to develop a firm, pragmatic evidence based on how to collect patient reported data for people living in the community who have previously been treated for cancer.
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We have set a series of outcome measures to understand if and how this digital clinical trial evolves in the cancer patient community.
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We have a wonderful expert advisory group composed of Pr Laura Ashley (from Leeds Becket University), Dr Anthony Cunliffe (from Macmillan Cancer Support), Garry Davenport (from Macmillan Cancer Support), Jacqui Gath (from Independent Cancer Patients' Voice), Dr Kendall Jamieson Gilmore (from The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE), Clara Miglio (from Macmillan Cancer Support), Danny Ruta (from Guy’s Cancer Centre), Pete Wheatstone (Patient Partner), Dr Helen Williams (from The Word Desk Ltd).
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Thank you if you have already expressed interest in becoming a Patient Partner. We will do our best to contact you over the next 6 weeks however we are now closed to recruitment for this role.
If you would still like to be involved in shaping our research please email us and we will be in touch when we next hold a focus group.
Opened in December 2023
Clinical trial: NCT06095024
CPMS ID: 56060
IRAS ID: 324034
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CI: Dr. Matt Williams
Clinical lead: Dr. Jonathan Gregory
Lead analyst: Ms. Kerlann Le Calvez
PPIE lead: Lillie Pakzad-Shahabi
Co-primary outcomes
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To assess the feasibility of recruiting to a community digital Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) study via the primary care research network.
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Feasibility of linking participants PROMs to regional and national data sets.
Secondary outcomes
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Feasibility of different methods of communication to trigger participant self-identification and self-enrolment into a digitally administered community cancer PROMs study.
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To assess which of three PROMs participants identify as most useful to them in combination with EQ-5D-5L.
Tertiary outcomes
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The feasibility of collecting, filtering, grouping, and interpreting free text responses in the context of a digital community-based PROM study.
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The feasibility of developing a national cohort of people living with and beyond cancer with linked registry datasets who can be followed longitudinally with repeat sampling.
Documents available for...
Primary Care
Local Information Pack
It contains an intro slide deck, the protocol, IRAS form, REC and HRA approvals, a copy of the questionnaire, the Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Tool (SoECAT).
OID and SMS templates
​It contains what most Research Delivery Network (RDN - previously PCRN) will need to take part and for the GP surgeries to distribute the survey.​
Summary and FAQ
​This document summaries the main things new sites interested need to know along with the most frequently asked questions and their answers.
Secondary Care
Local Information Pack
It contains an intro slide deck, the protocol, IRAS form, REC and HRA approvals, a copy of the questionnaire.
OID, process flow and adverts
​It contains what most secondary care trusts will need to take part and for the local clinical team to distribute the survey.​
Summary and FAQ
​This document summaries the main things new sites interested need to know along with the most frequently asked questions and their answers.
