Medical Home Care for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Phase 2

Summary

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) has the potential to cure a variety of malignant and non-malignant diseases. However, it is associated with significant morbidity, and treatment-related mortality. This is due in large part to the prolonged pancytopenia and immunosuppression associated with the preparatory regimen of chemotherapy and/or radiation and the wait until engraftment of the transplanted hematopoietic stem cells. During this vulnerable period, infectious complications are common. Historically HCT patients were kept in protected environments to safeguard their health during the pancytopenic phase; despite these measures, infectious complications and graft versus host disease (GVHD) remained common and lead to significant morbidity and mortality after HCT. Currently patients are still closely watched in the inpatient or day hospital environment, though recent practices allow patients more freedom. This study randomizes eligible patients to receive post-transplant care at home vs. in the hospital or clinic, per standard of care. The primary objective is to compare the incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD at 6 months in patients receiving patient-centered medical home (PCMH) vs standard care.

Conditions

• Blood Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

Subjects will receive their conditioning chemotherapy +/- radiation and stem cells in the hospital or day hospital, after which they will receive care during the neutropenic/recovery period at home. Advanced Practice Providers (APP) will travel to subjects' homes in the morning, where they will perform the same daily assessment as standard care. They will draw labs and bring them back to the hospital for processing. When results are available, a second home visit is made to deliver necessary interventions. Subjects will have internet access through cellular-networked iPads and have daily videoconferences with their physicians. Daily follow up at home will continue until discharge as per above criteria.

OTHER

Standard Care

Subjects will receive their conditioning chemotherapy +/- radiation and stem cells in the hospital or day hospital, after which they will receive care during the neutropenic/recovery period inpatient or outpatient. Advanced practice providers (APPs) will perform histories and physical exams. Nurses will collect labs and inpatient rounds occur twice daily, or for outpatients receiving care through our outpatient clinics, a healthcare provider typically sees them daily for the first month following transplant or discharge from the day hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Duke University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nelson J C, MD, MBA · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-09-03

Primary Completion

2021-07-12

Completion

2022-02-14

Countries

• United States

Study Locations