2023-08-23
2025-06-14
2025-06-14
200
NCT05969860
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic
INTERVENTIONAL
At-Home Cancer Directed Therapy Versus in Clinic for the Treatment of Patients with Advanced Cancer
This clinical trial studies the effect of cancer directed therapy given at-home versus in the clinic for patients with cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). Currently most drug-related cancer care is conducted in infusion centers or specialty hospitals, where patients spend many hours a day isolated from family, friends, and familiar surroundings. This separation adds to the physical, emotional, social, and financial burden for patients and their families. The logistics and costs of navigating cancer treatments have become a principal contributor to patients' reduced quality of life. It is therefore important to reduce the burden of cancer in the lives of patients and their caregivers, and a vital aspect of this involves moving beyond traditional hospital and clinic-based care and evaluate innovative care delivery models with virtual capabilities. Providing cancer treatment at-home, versus in the clinic, may help reduce psychological and financial distress and increase treatment compliance, especially for marginalized patients and communities.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To compare mean patient-reported rating of Cancer Connected Access and Remote Expertise (CARE) using a modified question from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Cancer Care Survey after 8 weeks between patients randomized to receive care at home and care in the clinic. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate patient preference for location of cancer treatment administration, at the infusion center or in the home. II. To evaluate level of comfort with receiving infusions at home based on the following measures after 24 weeks of treatment: IIa. The proportion of patients who indicate a preference for home infusion or no preference versus outpatient infusion unit administration of cancer treatment as assessed via the Patient Preference Questionnaire; IIb. The proportion of patients who indicate comfort (quite a bit or very much) with receiving infusions at home as assessed by the Patient Preference Questionnaire. III. To describe other patient experience questions within the Patient Preference Questionnaire after 24 weeks of treatment. IV. To describe whether patients felt that infusions at home was worthwhile, would do it again, and recommend it to others after 24 weeks of treatment using the Was It Worth It questionnaire. V. To test whether home-based virtual delivery of cancer directed therapy is superior to standard administration (in clinic) in patient-reported function and global health/quality of life as measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core Function 17-Item (EORTC QLQ-F17) after 8 weeks of home versus outpatient infusion unit administration of cancer treatment. VI. To test whether home-based virtual delivery of cancer directed therapy is superior to standard administration (in clinic) in patient-reported symptoms as measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) after 8 weeks of home versus outpatient infusion unit administration of cancer treatment. VII. To assess the safety of cancer directed therapy when administered at home by a home health provider with remote patient monitoring and Command Center support, based on the incidence, nature, and severity of the following: VIIa. Grade 3+ adverse event (AE) clinically graded using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (NCI CTCAE v5.0). VIII. To test whether home-based virtual delivery of cancer directed therapy is superior to standard in clinic administration in the proportion of patients with an emergency room visit or hospitalization at the end of 6 months of study treatment. IX. Overall survival. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the cost of care in first 6 months (data collected out to 1 year). II. To evaluate administration of treatment based on clinical practice data. OUTLINE: Patients receive at least 1 cycle of their standard of care (SOC) chemotherapy regimen in the clinic in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are then randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM A: Patients continue receiving their SOC chemotherapy regimen at home for approximately 24 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. This includes drug administrations, injections/infusions and routine clinical laboratory tests in the home from the Home Health Nurse Provider (HHNP), overseen by Mayo Clinic's home health program Cancer CARE Beyond Walls (CCBW) Command Center. Patients are also provided biometric devices for health monitoring vital signs, as well as a computer tablet for video visits with the Mayo Clinic care team. ARM B: Patients continue receiving their SOC chemotherapy regimen in the clinic for approximately 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then begin receiving their SOC chemotherapy regimen at home as in Arm I for an approximate additional 16 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study intervention, patients are followed for 1 year.
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
| Study Registration Dates | Results Reporting Dates | Study Record Updates |
|---|---|---|
2023-07-24 | N/A | 2025-01-27 |
2023-07-24 | N/A | 2025-03-25 |
2023-08-01 | N/A | 2025-01 |
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Allocation:
Randomized
Interventional Model:
Parallel
Masking:
None
Arms and Interventions
| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
|---|---|
| EXPERIMENTAL: Arm A (at-home treatment) Patients continue receiving their SOC chemotherapy regimen at home for approximately 24 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. This includes drug administrations, injections/infusions and routine clinical laboratory tests in | OTHER: Home Health Encounter
OTHER: Quality-of-Life Assessment
OTHER: Questionnaire Administration
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| EXPERIMENTAL: Arm B (clinic & at-home treatment) Patients continue receiving their SOC chemotherapy regimen in the clinic for approximately 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then begin receiving their SOC chemotherapy regimen at home as in Arm I for an appr | PROCEDURE: Clinical Encounter
OTHER: Home Health Encounter
OTHER: Quality-of-Life Assessment
OTHER: Questionnaire Administration
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| Primary Outcome Measures | Measure Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Mean patient-reported rating of Cancer Connected Access and Remote Expertise | This hypothesis test will use patient ratings from a single 0-10 item from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Cancer Care Survey assessing "your overall cancer care experience". Will be compared between arms using a two-sample t-test. | At 8 weeks |
| Secondary Outcome Measures | Measure Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Patient-preferred treatment location | The proportion of patients who preferred care at home or expressed no preference will be computed and compared to 50% using a one-group test of proportions. Additional Likert patient feedback questions and "Was It Worth It" questions at each time point will be described using frequencies and relative frequencies by arm (or overall if applicable) and compared between arms (if applicable) using chi-squared tests. Numeric analog scale questions will be described using means and standard deviations and compared between arms (if applicable) using t-tests. | At 24 weeks |
| Patient level of comfort with receiving infusions at home | Patient responses to comfort level with receiving infusions at home will be described using frequencies and relative frequencies. The proportion of patients who express comfort (quite a bit or very much) will also be tabulated and a proportion greater than 70% will signify acceptance. Additional Likert patient feedback questions and "Was It Worth It" questions at each time point will be described using frequencies and relative frequencies by arm (or overall if applicable) and compared between arms (if applicable) using chi-squared tests. Numeric analog scale questions will be described using means and standard deviations and compared between arms (if applicable) using t-tests. | At 24 weeks |
| Patient-reported worthwhileness | Measured by the Was it Worth It questionnaire. The Was It Worth It questionnaire asks patients whether they thought that receiving chemo/infusions at home was worthwhile, whether they would do it again, and whether they would recommend it to others. | At 24 weeks |
| Patient-reported function | Measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Mean and standard deviation of each scale will be computed by arm. Means and standard deviations of each scale will also be computed at all other assessment time points. Mean changes from baseline in each scale at 8 weeks (and other assessment time points) will be compared between arms using a linear combination of parameters from a general linear mixed model. Each model will include all available data from all time points. Fixed effects will include arm, time point, and arm-by-time point interaction. Repeated observations by patient will be modeled using compound symmetric correlation structure over time. Such values as the mean change from baseline at 8 weeks by arm, and difference in mean change from baseline at 8 weeks between arms will be estimated with confidence intervals based on the mixed model. Comparisons at other time points will also be carried out and graphically displayed using mean plots. | At 8 weeks |
| Patient-reported symptoms | Will be measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) and summarized using composite grades. The baseline adjustment approach will be applied and resulting maximum baseline-adjusted grade will be reported by symptomatic adverse events (AE) as the proportion of patients with at least one grade >=1 AE during the first 8 weeks. The proportion of patients with at least one grade >= 3 AE per symptomatic AE will also be tabulated during the first 8 weeks. Comparisons between arms will employ Fisher's exact tests. Additional summaries over the 24 weeks by tables and graphics will also be generated. | At 8 weeks |
| Patient-reported side effect impact | Will be measured by the General Physical-5 (GP5). The frequency and relative frequency of patient responses to the GP5 at 8 weeks will be computed by arm and compared between arms using a chi-squared test. The categorical analysis will also be computed at other assessment time points. Mean GP5 scores over time will also be explored using a general linear mixed model and mean plots. | At 8 weeks |
| Incidence of adverse events | The maximum grade for each type of adverse event will be summarized using CTCAE version 5.0. The frequency and percentage of grade 3+ adverse events (by individual AEs and overall) will be reported by arm and compared between arms using a Fisher's exact test. | Up to 24 weeks |
| Emergency room visits and hospitalizations | The proportion of patients with an emergency room visit or hospitalization will be computed per arm and compared between arms using a Fisher's exact test. In subsequent analyses, emergency room visits and hospitalizations will be explored separately. Proportion of patients with emergency room visits or hospitalizations will also be summarized over the entire study. | At 8 weeks |
| Overall survival | Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared between arms using a log-rank test. | The time from study entry to death from any cause, assessed up to 1 year after completion of study intervention |
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
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Study Contact Name: Clinical Trials Referral Office Phone Number: 855-776-0015 Email: mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu |
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person’s general health condition or prior treatments.
Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL
Sexes Eligible for Study:
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
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