NCT03660228

Peri-Transfusion QOL Assessments (PTQA): A New Paradigm of Transfusion Decision Support for Patients With MDS

PTQA: A New Paradigm of Transfusion Decision Support for Patients With MDS

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research study is evaluating how to best tailor blood transfusion decisions to match the quality of life changes experienced by individual patients with MDS.

Detailed description

Each patient with MDS reacts differently to blood transfusions; some will feel better after transfusion, while others may not. The main purpose of this survey study is to determine whether it is possible to use quality of life changes - as measured by a validated questionnaire - experienced by individual patients to help physicians and patients with MDS make decisions regarding future blood transfusions. This research is being done because the investigators hope to help doctors better understand the impact of blood transfusions on the quality of life of each patient. The study uses a standardized MDS-specific quality of life questionnaire that participants will fill out before and after an upcoming transfusion. The investigators will compare the scores of these questionnaires and notify both the participant and provider if the participant has experienced any changes (positive or negative) in his/her quality of life before and after transfusion. The investigators' hope is that doctor-patient teams will use this quality of life information to determine whether the participant should continue receiving transfusions, decrease the frequency of transfusions, or stop receiving transfusions altogether if not needed.

Conditions

• Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Peri-Transfusion QOL Assessment	Participants will undergo a peri-transfusion quality of life assessment (PTQA) using the Quality of Life in Myelodysplasia Scale (QUALMS)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-17
• Primary completion: 2021-06-30
• Completion: 2021-06-30
• First posted: 2018-09-06
• Last updated: 2024-06-21
• Results posted: 2024-06-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States