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Multiple MyelomaNCT02129569

Psychoeducational and Behavioral Strategies in Reducing Distress and Anxiety in Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Their Family Caregivers

A study testing Psychoeducational intervention, behavioral intervention and counseling intervention in people with Multiple Myeloma, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This pilot clinical trial studies how well psychoeducational and behavioral strategies work in reducing distress and anxiety in patients with multiple myeloma and their family caregivers. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Multiple Myeloma
What is being tested?
Psychoeducational intervention, behavioral intervention and counseling intervention
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
11 Nov 2013to 17 Aug 2016
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • PATIENTS: Within 12 months of a new diagnosis of multiple myeloma or less than or equal to 2 cycles of treatment (all stages, with or without treatment)
  • PATIENTS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2
  • PATIENTS: Ambulatory with or without an assistive device (cane, walker)
  • PATIENTS: Cognitively intact, as evidenced by orientation to person, place, and time
  • PATIENTS: Ability to speak, read, and comprehend English
  • PATIENTS: Has an identified family caregiver who is willing to participate
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  • CAREGIVERS: Any family member, who is identified by the patient as his/her caregiver
  • CAREGIVERS: ECOG performance status less than or equal to 2
  • CAREGIVERS: Ambulatory with or without an assistive device (cane, walker)
  • CAREGIVERS: Cognitively intact, as evidenced by orientation to person, place, and time
  • CAREGIVERS: Ability to speak, read, and comprehend English
  • CAREGIVERS: Has an identified family member who is a patient
  • CAREGIVERS: Caregivers do not need to reside with the patient

Who cannot join

  • PATIENTS: Have severe pain (pain score of 7 to 10 on a 0 to 10 scale)
  • PATIENTS: Are at high risk for bone fracture or who have a new fracture needing intervention, as determined by the physician
  • PATIENTS: Have untreated venous thrombosis, as determined by the physician
  • PATIENTS: Have a life expectancy of less than six months, as determined by the physician, and their caregivers
  • PATIENTS: Receiving active, concurrent treatment for a prior history of cancer (hormonal therapies allowed)
  • CAREGIVERS: Diagnosis of cancer and received cancer treatment within one year
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  • CAREGIVERS: Medical condition that significantly affects their ability to walk
  • PATIENT or CAREGIVER: Is hearing impaired to the degree that they are unable to hear instructions via the phone
  • PATIENTS or CAREGIVER: Lives in a skilled nursing facility

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065

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About this study

Official title: Family-Centered Intervention for the Transition to Living With Multiple Myeloma as a Chronic Illness

This pilot clinical trial studies how well psychoeducational and behavioral strategies work in reducing distress and anxiety in patients with multiple myeloma and their family caregivers. Education and walking programs, may be able to reduce distress and anxiety and improve the well-being and quality of life of patients with multiple myeloma and their family caregivers. Understanding how different forms of education and support can promote emotional wellness may help nurse researchers find ways to improve services provided to patients and family members during cancer treatment.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. Evaluate the effect of the intervention, as compared to the control group, on emotional distress, the primary outcome, measured as anxiety in patients with multiple myeloma and their caregivers at the transition.

II. Evaluate the effect, including the effect size, of the intervention, as compared to the control group, on activation for self-management, fatigue, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in both patients and caregivers.

III. Assess the feasibility, acceptability, and content integrity of the intervention in patients with multiple myeloma and their family caregivers.

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Participants meet with a nurse in-person for approximately 30 minutes to receive information about strategies for cognitive self-management of distress and an individualized walking prescription to gradually increase their walking to 30 minutes per day, 5 times per week. Participants wear a pedometer for at least 3 consecutive days during weeks 1, 6, and 12. Participants are also contacted by the nurse via telephone at 1 and 3 weeks for supplemental counseling support.

ARM II: Participants meet with a nurse in-person for approximately 20 minutes to receive National Cancer Institute (NCI) educational booklets and a link to the American Cancer Society (ACS) website. Participants are also contacted by the nurse via telephone at 1 and 3 weeks but the calls are primarily social in nature and do not include counseling support.

Being tested
Psychoeducational intervention, behavioral intervention, counseling intervention, educational intervention, telephone-based intervention
Medical subject headings
Multiple Myeloma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Psychoeducational interventionOther

    Receive information about strategies for cognitive self-management of distress

  • behavioral interventionBehavioural

    Also called Behavior Conditioning Therapy, Behavior Therapy, Behavioral Modification, Behavioral Therapy

    Receive individualized walking prescription and wear pedometer

  • counseling interventionOther

    Also called counseling and communications studies

    Receive supplemental counseling support over the phone

  • educational interventionOther

    Also called intervention, educational

    Receive NCI educational booklets and a link to the ACS website

  • telephone-based interventionOther

    Receive calls that are primarily social in nature

  • questionnaire administrationOther

    Ancillary studies

  • quality-of-life assessmentOther

    Also called quality of life assessment

    Ancillary studies

Study groups in NCT02129569
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm I (psychoeducational and behavioral interventions)ExperimentalParticipants meet with a nurse in-person for approximately 30 minutes to receive information about strategies for cognitive self-management of distress and an individualized walking prescription to gradually increase their walking to 30 minutes per day, 5 times per week. Participants wear a pedometer for at least 3 consecutive days during weeks 1, 6, and 12. Participants are also contacted by the nurse via telephone at 1 and 3 weeks for supplemental counseling support.
Receives: Other: Psychoeducational intervention; Behavioral: behavioral intervention; Other: counseling intervention; Other: questionnaire administration; Other: quality-of-life assessment
Arm II (control)Active comparatorParticipants meet with a nurse in-person for approximately 20 minutes to receive NCI educational booklets and a link to the ACS website. Participants are also contacted by the nurse via telephone at 1 and 3 weeks but the calls are primarily social in nature and do not include counseling support.
Receives: Other: educational intervention; Other: telephone-based intervention; Other: questionnaire administration; Other: quality-of-life assessment

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in emotional distress in patients measured as anxiety using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)

    A linear mixed model will be used and the model parameters will be estimated by the method of restricted maximum likelihood.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Change in activation for self-management in patients using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM)

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  2. Change in activation for self-management in caregivers using the PAM

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  3. Change in fatigue in patients using the PROMIS

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  4. Change in fatigue in caregivers using the PROMIS

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  5. Change in depression in patients using the PROMIS

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  6. Change in depression in caregivers using the PROMIS

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  7. Change in HRQOL in patients using the PROMIS short form, Global Health

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  8. Change in HRQOL in caregivers using the PROMIS short form, Global Health

    A linear mixed model will be used. If there are large numbers of missing values, the parameters will be estimated by utilizing the "pattern mixture model." Should the change be non-linear, the model may be extended to allow for non-linearity. In the case of parametric model assumption violation, the generalized estimating equation approach may be used.

    Measured: Baseline to up to 12 weeks

  9. Feasibility of the intervention, assessed via attrition rates

    Measured: Up to 12 weeks

  10. Acceptability of the intervention, assessed via consent rates

    Measured: Up to 12 weeks

  11. Satisfaction with the intervention assessed using an exit interview survey

    Measured: At 12 weeks

  12. Integrity of the intervention, assessed through fidelity monitoring

    Measured: Up to 12 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 May 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study start11 Nov 2013
  3. Primary completion11 Apr 2015
  4. Study completion17 Aug 2016

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02129569
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE5A13
Other IDs
NCI-2014-00836, CASE 5A13, P30CA043703
Status last verified
Mar 2017
First submitted
30 Apr 2014
Last updated
20 Mar 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Psychoeducational intervention, behavioral intervention and counseling intervention in people with Multiple Myeloma, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Mar 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in emotional distress in patients measured as anxiety using the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) (time frame: Baseline to up to 12 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Mar 2017.

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