Patient and Care Partner Experiences Living With Multiple Myeloma (PaCE-MM)

NCT ID: NCT05276622

Last Updated: 2024-12-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-02-08

Study Completion Date

2023-10-03

Brief Summary

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This research study is explore the impact over time of multiple myeloma and its associated treatments on the physical and cognitive function and quality of life of patients and their care partners and how these impacts affect the overall illness experience.

Detailed Description

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This study aims to identify the factors, for example, age, race, sex, education, household income, clinical or other geriatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, or lack of social support that can predict those most likely to experience changes in physical and cognitive function and quality of life. Furthermore, patients and care partners experienced challenges, because of multiple myeloma and its associated treatments, will be studied using semi-structured interviews.

Patients will complete baseline geriatric assessments and a 30-45-minute cognitive test, and both will be reassessed in 3 months intervals. The geriatric assessment is primarily patient-reported surveys and involves a multi-domain evaluation of a patient's functional status (i.e., their ability to live independently at home and in the community), co-morbid medical conditions, cognition, psychological status, social functioning and support, medications, and nutritional status. Care Partners will be asked to complete baseline surveys that will also assess their well-being and ability to function at home.

To provide a more comprehensive understanding of the myeloma-related experiences a subset of patients and their care partners will be asked to participate in a baseline interview repeated over time to understand how the disease and its treatments shape the experiences.

Duration of Subject Participation: 6 months

Conditions

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Multiple Myeloma

Keywords

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Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma Physical Function Cognitive Function Quality of Life Geriatric Assessments Care partners

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Subjects with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Forty subjects with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

A modified Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) Geriatric Assessment that includes validated measures of 7 geriatric domains: functional status, comorbidity, cognition, psychological state, social activity, and support, nutritional status, and medications will be performed at baseline (pre-treatment), every 3 months for a total of 3 assessments. The modified comprehensive Geriatric Assessment includes patient-reported surveys and research staff assessments.

Cognitive Testing: The National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (objective) and PROMIS Short Form v2.0 - Cognitive function 8a (subjective)

Care partners of the subjects with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Thirty care partners of the subjects with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Qualitative patient-care partner interviews

Intervention Type OTHER

Semi-structured Interviews: Baseline and again at 3 months.

Surveys on well-being and function

Intervention Type OTHER

Care partner's Surveys on well-being and function: Baseline and again at 3 months

Interventions

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

A modified Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) Geriatric Assessment that includes validated measures of 7 geriatric domains: functional status, comorbidity, cognition, psychological state, social activity, and support, nutritional status, and medications will be performed at baseline (pre-treatment), every 3 months for a total of 3 assessments. The modified comprehensive Geriatric Assessment includes patient-reported surveys and research staff assessments.

Cognitive Testing: The National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (objective) and PROMIS Short Form v2.0 - Cognitive function 8a (subjective)

Intervention Type OTHER

Qualitative patient-care partner interviews

Semi-structured Interviews: Baseline and again at 3 months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Surveys on well-being and function

Care partner's Surveys on well-being and function: Baseline and again at 3 months

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged ≥55
2. New myeloma diagnosis as defined by the International Myeloma Working Group, does not have another non-myeloma plasma cell disorder such as POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal plasma cell disorder, skin changes) or amyloidosis.
3. Starting systemic treatment.
4. Able to understand and speak in English.
5. Able to provide informed consent to participate.


1. Aged ≥18.
2. Able to understand and speak in English.
3. Able to provide informed consent to participate.
4. Be a care partner for a patient with multiple myeloma and is also enrolled in the assessment portion of this study.
5. Willing and able to participate in semi-structured interviews.

Exclusion Criteria

2. Dementia altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Shakira Grant, MBBS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Lineberger CCC, Center for Aging and Health, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Locations

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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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https://unclineberger.org/patientcare/clinical-trials/

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Clinical Trials

Other Identifiers

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1R03AG074030-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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LCCC2121

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id