At-Home Cancer Directed Therapy Versus in Clinic for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Cancer

Study Purpose

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.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Female or male patients with histologically confirmed malignancy who are currently receiving treatment with one of the following eligible chemotherapy treatment regimens: - Cisplatin/gemcitabine for bladder, lung, or biliary cancer.
  • - Gemcitabine for pancreatic, biliary or ovarian cancer.
  • - Cisplatin/etoposide for small cell lung cancer, germ cell carcinoma, small cell prostate cancer, and neuroendocrine/carcinoid cancer.
  • - Cisplatin for lung, bladder, head and neck, or cervical cancer.
  • - Avastin for glioblastoma, colorectal, and cervical cancer.
  • - Cisplatin/fluorouracil (5-FU) for anal cancer.
  • - 5-FU/leucovorin +/- Avastin for colorectal, pancreas or gastric cancer.
  • - FOLFIRI +/- Avastin (5-FU/leucovorin/irinotecan) for colorectal, pancreas cancer.
  • - Paclitaxel for breast cancer, bladder cancer.
  • - Trastuzumab with or without pertuzumab maintenance (subcutaneously [SQ] or intravenously [IV]) for HER2 positive breast cancer in the adjuvant or metastatic setting.
  • - Trastuzumab + paclitaxel for Her-2 positive breast cancer.
  • - Leuprolide for prostate cancer and breast cancer.
  • - Degarelix for prostate cancer.
  • - Goserelin acetate for breast cancer.
  • - Fulvestrant for breast cancer.
  • - Bortezomib for multiple myeloma.
  • - Carfilzomib for multiple myeloma.
  • - Decitabine for myelodysplastic syndrome.
  • - Only patients receiving decitabine for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) are eligible for these supportive medications: - Darbepoetin-alfa.
  • - Epoetin.
  • - Filgrastim.
  • - Female or male patients with histologically confirmed malignancy who are currently receiving treatment with one of the following eligible supportive care drugs for treatment of bone metastases: - Zoledronic acid.
  • - Denosumab.
  • - Patient has had adequate tolerability of their clinical standard of care chemotherapy treatment in the opinion of their treating physician and no drug-related infusion reactions prior to consent.
  • - Patients have no documented reason to suspect they will not continue the treatment regimen they are currently prescribed for at least 24 weeks of treatment.
  • - Residing within 35 miles of clinic (hub) or within the area serviced by supplier and paramedic network.
  • - Residence either has wireless fidelity (wifi) to enable a reliable connection with the remote Command Center.
  • - Age >= 18 years at time of registration.
  • - Signed informed consent form by patient.
  • - Willing and able to comply with the study protocol in the investigator's judgment.
  • - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) 0, 1 or 2.
  • - Ability to complete questionnaire(s) - RANDOMIZATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: In addition to the criteria above, confirmation by the CCBW Command Center that the patient has adequate tolerability to the standard of care chemotherapy treatment and no drug-related infusion reactions since pre-registration and prior to registration.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Receiving any other investigational agent which would be considered as a treatment for the primary neoplasm.
Note: Patients are permitted concomitant standard of care oral drugs such as ribociclib, abemaciclib, or palbociclib in combination with fulvestrant intramuscular (IM); tucatinib and capecitabine in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab for HER2 positive breast cancer; dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, lenalidomide or pomalidomide for multiple myeloma. In addition, all oral anti-hormonal agents for breast and prostate cancer are permitted (e.g., tamoxifen, arimidex, abiraterone, etc) if used in combination with any of the drugs.
  • - Requiring 24/7 assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) - Current inpatient hospitalization (excluding admission to the Advanced Care at Home program) - Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens.
  • - Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to: - Ongoing or active infection.
  • - Symptomatic congestive heart failure.
  • - Unstable angina pectoris.
  • - Cardiac arrhythmia.
  • - Myocardial infarction =< 6 months.
  • - Wound healing disorder.
  • - Or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • - Patients with any severe infection within 4 weeks prior to registration including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infections should not be enrolled in the trial (in the current situation, this also applies to patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] infection) - Anticipation of the need for major surgery during the course of study treatment.
Note: concomitant radiation therapy during the study period is allowed

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT05969860
Phase

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Phase 2
Lead Sponsor

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Mayo Clinic
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Roxana S. Dronca, M.D.
Principal Investigator Affiliation Mayo Clinic
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Advanced Anal Carcinoma, Advanced Biliary Tract Carcinoma, Advanced Bladder Carcinoma, Advanced Breast Carcinoma, Advanced Carcinoid Tumor, Advanced Cervical Carcinoma, Advanced Colorectal Carcinoma, Advanced Gastric Carcinoma, Advanced Glioblastoma, Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma, Advanced HER2 Positive Breast Carcinoma, Advanced Lung Carcinoma, Advanced Lung Small Cell Carcinoma, Advanced Malignant Germ Cell Tumor, Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Advanced Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma, Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma, Advanced Prostate Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Advanced Prostate Carcinoma, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Additional Details

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 (or at end of study): 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 (or at end of study).
  • 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 (or at end of study) 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 the first 2 cycles 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.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

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 the home from the HHNP, overseen by Mayo Clinic's home health program 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.

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 approximate additional 16 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Interventions

Procedure: - Clinical Encounter

Receive treatment in clinic

Other: - Home Health Encounter

Receive at-home treatment

Other: - Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

Other: - Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

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Status

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