Symptom Identification and Management in Patients With Hematological Malignancy During Follow-up Care

NCT ID: NCT04757545

Last Updated: 2023-11-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

94 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-08

Study Completion Date

2023-02-01

Brief Summary

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The aim is to study the effect of a systematic approach to symptom identification and management with disease specific and clinically developed PRO (HM-PRO) with a 12 month follow up in outpatient care in patients with chronic hematological malignancy.

Detailed Description

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Design: A two-arm prospective randomized controlled trial.

Population: Patients diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), clonal cytopenia of unknown significance (CCUS), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or myeloproliferative neoplasia (MPN).

Patients will be recruited from the outpatient clinic at the Dept. of Hematology at Rigshospitalet in Denmark. Patients will be identified and screened by their physician. Patients who are eligible for study inclusion will hereafter be approached, informed and recruited by the primary research investigator. Included patients will be randomized and allocated 1:1 to an intervention group or a control group.

The intervention group will have a predetermined consultation appointment planned to assess medical status and symptom control. Seven days prior to the scheduled visit, the patient will receive an electronic invitation via RedCap to complete and send PRO data (HM-PRO). Prior to each appointment PRO data will be evaluated by a nurse from an algorithm deciding one of three tracks for the patients.

The control group will receive standard care in the outpatient clinic. The patient has a predetermined consultation appointment at the hospital one time a year with a doctor to evaluate medical status and symptom control.

Data Collection: The questionnaires will be distributed and completed by patients electronically via REDCap consisting of clinical data, PRO data (HM-PRO) and endpoint measures (see below).

* Primary outcome: Change in QoL measured by EORTC-QLQ-C30, global health domain, at 12 months.
* Secondary outcomes: Change in symptoms of depression and anxiety measured by HADS, change in symptom burden measured by MDASI symptom scale and clinical data outcomes at 12 months.

Conditions

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Hematologic Malignancy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Two armed randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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HM-PRO intervention

The intervention group will have a predetermined nurseled consultation planned to assess medical status and symptom control at 0, 6 and 12 months. Seven days prior to the scheduled visit, the patient will receive an electronic invitation via RedCap to complete and send PRO data (HM-PRO). Prior to each appointment PRO data will be evaluated by a nurse from an algorithm deciding one of three tracks for the patients.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

HM-PRO

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention group will have a predetermined consultation appointment planned to assess medical status and symptom control. Seven days prior to the scheduled visit, the patient will receive an electronic invitation via RedCap to complete and send PRO data (HM-PRO). Prior to each appointment PRO data will be evaluated by a nurse from an algorithm deciding one of three tracks for the patients:

1. Worsening in symptoms results in a nurse-led telephone consultation within two days guided by the symptom management manual.
2. Minor changes in patient's symptom assessment result in a nurse-led telephone consultation within seven days using the symptom management manual.
3. Patients that are completely stable in the symptom assessment will receive an electronic answer via min-SP (electronic patient journal) regarding the results and a new appointment, including PRO-data prior to this.

Standard outpatient follow-up care

The control group will receive standard care in the outpatient clinic. The patient has a predetermined consultation appointment at the hospital one time a year with a doctor to evaluate medical status and symptom control.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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HM-PRO

The intervention group will have a predetermined consultation appointment planned to assess medical status and symptom control. Seven days prior to the scheduled visit, the patient will receive an electronic invitation via RedCap to complete and send PRO data (HM-PRO). Prior to each appointment PRO data will be evaluated by a nurse from an algorithm deciding one of three tracks for the patients:

1. Worsening in symptoms results in a nurse-led telephone consultation within two days guided by the symptom management manual.
2. Minor changes in patient's symptom assessment result in a nurse-led telephone consultation within seven days using the symptom management manual.
3. Patients that are completely stable in the symptom assessment will receive an electronic answer via min-SP (electronic patient journal) regarding the results and a new appointment, including PRO-data prior to this.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adults \> 18 years
* diagnosed and undergoing follow up for a hematological malignancy in the outpatient clinic, Rigshospitalet
* The patients can be included approximately six months after initial diagnosis if in stable condition.
* able to manage an e-mail account

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who do not understand, read and speak Danish and/or have cognitive/psychiatric disorders not compatible with inclusion in a clinical study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novo Nordisk A/S

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mary Jarden

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Maja Pedersen, Ph.d. stud.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Locations

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Dept. of Hematology

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Pedersen M, Larsen MT, Kornblit BT, Dahl EO, Lomborg K, Tolver A, Jarden M. Effects of nurse-led symptom management in chronic myeloid malignancies: a randomized trial. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Feb 15;33(3):196. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-09230-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39954038 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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University Hospital Copenhagen

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id