NCT06676852

Feasibility and Acceptability of Primary Palliative Care Intervention in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Primary PC - or training HCT clinicians to deliver PC domains as part of routine practice - is an alternative model of supportive care. We have developed Sentinel, a primary PC intervention for HCT clinicians and patients. This study will assess Sentinel's feasibility and acceptability.

Detailed description

Patients hospitalized for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) experience physical and psychological symptoms that lead to a deterioration in quality of life (QOL). Integrating specialty palliative care (PC) reduces physical and psychological symptom burden and improves QOL during HCT hospitalization. However, specialty PC remains unavailable and underused at many HCT centers. Primary PC - or training HCT clinicians to deliver PC domains as part of routine practice - is an alternative model of supportive care. We have developed Sentinel, a primary PC intervention for HCT clinicians and patients. We will train HCT clinicians to deliver PC to patients before and during HCT hospitalization. This study will assess Sentinel's feasibility and acceptability.

Conditions

• Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
• Hematologic Malignancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Primary palliative care	Enrolled patient participants will receive Sentinel prior to and during their hospitalization for HCT. Prior to HCT, a transplant clinician (nurse practitioner - NP) will conduct a focused PC visit to build rapport, manage expectations regarding HCT, review anticipated symptoms, and discuss illness coping strategies. During the HCT hospitalization, HCT physicians and advanced practice providers will incorporate PC domains into their routine care of patients undergoing HCT.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-20
• Primary completion: 2026-06-30
• Completion: 2026-10-30
• First posted: 2024-11-06
• Last updated: 2024-11-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States