Abstract

Children diagnosed with cancer are living longer and the survivor population is growing. However, most survivors develop late effects of radiation and chemotherapy shortly to years after completion of therapy, and the receipt of follow-up visits that are recommended by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) is suboptimal nationally.The aims of this study are to: 1) evaluate the impact of a patient-controlled electronic personal health record (ePHR) and system (SurvivorLink) on care visit attendance, risk-based surveillance, and other secondary outcomes (i.e., patient activation, quality of life (QOL)); 2) measure the use, acceptability, and perceived usefulness of, and satisfaction with SurvivorLink; and 3) assess facilitators and barriers to implementation.This hybrid effectiveness–implementation, clustered randomized control trial (RCT) evaluates the effect of SurvivorLink among pediatric cancer survivors and their parents on receipt of follow-up cancer care. We will recruit 20 pediatric survivor clinics with half receiving the intervention and half acting as a waitlist control. Parents of survivors and survivors will complete baseline, 3 and 12 month surveys that assess SurvivorLink use, patient self-efficacy, and intentions to return for follow-up. We will use mixed methods and multi-informant assessment to assess implementation outcomes (i.e., acceptability, feasibility, appropriateness).New approaches are needed to facilitate the receipt of long-term follow-up care among pediatric cancer survivors. This study will assess whether SurvivorLink is effective in increasing receipt of follow-up cancer care. Moreover, it will explore the influences of context and other moderators of clinical practice change in pediatric cancer survivorship.

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