Fatigue and Symptom Burden in Low-Risk Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment for Febrile Neutropenia

Completed

Conditions studied: Fatigue, Febrile Neutropenia, Solid Neoplasm

In brief

This trial studies how fatigue and symptom burden in low-risk cancer patients undergoing treatment for febrile neutropenia. Cancer and numerous cancer treatments are associated with various symptoms including anemia, fever, and neutropenia, which may also be associated with fatigue. Treating low-risk cancer patients for febrile neutropenia may reduce levels of fatigue.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00503854

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

70

Starts

2007-05-31

Expected to finish

2018-04-05

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cancer patients with solid tumors at low risk for outpatient treatment of febrile neutropenia evaluated in the EC and enrolled in outpatient febrile neutropenia pathways (pathway 1 or 2). Low risk is defined as hemodynamically stable solid tumor patients that do not have pneumonia or are on steroids. Febrile neutropenia is marked by a temperature greater than or equal to 38.3 degrees Celsius and an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than or equal to 1000 within 24 hours.
• Patients must be able to speak, read and write in English.
• Patients must be able to complete the required survey tools independently.
• Patients must report a moderate to severe fatigue level to question # 3 of the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) (4 or greater on a 0-10 scale) on EC admission day.
• Pregnant women if they meet eligibility criteria of the febrile neutropenia (NF) pathway and are able to take the oral/intravenous (IV) antibiotic prescribed by the pathway.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded from the study if they are not on the neutropenic pathway at the time of study entry.

Where it is running

• M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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