Pretransplant Evaluation by Supportive Care Team for Patients Undergoing HCT for Hematological Malignancies
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Malignancies, Hematologic
In brief
This is a feasibility study of pre-transplant involvement of a palliative care provider in the setting of HCT. Although this is primarily a feasibility pilot, the investigators will explore how patients are affected by the palliative care meetings as well as test data collection mechanisms that would be used in a future randomized clinical trial. The investigators hypothesis is that patients will be amenable to pre-transplant involvement of the palliative care team and might welcome the chance to discuss palliative care issues separate from the primary team. Palliative care providers also have special training and experience in conducting these interactions and expertise in supportive care practices. They will be available should a patient's condition become life- threatening. This study is therefore designed primarily to evaluate the level of comfort / distress of patients when a palliative care consultation and follow-up are integrated into their care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02321345
- Run by
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- People needed
- 7
- Starts
- 2015-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-02-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Written informed consent
- English as primary language
- Planned allogeneic stem cell transplantation
- At least 18 years of age
You may not qualify if…
- Major psychiatric diagnosis that impairs cognitive functioning or is not controlled at the time of the approach, as judged by the patient's medical team.
- First transplant of a planned tandem procedure (the second transplant is eligible)
Where it is running
- Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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