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Filter by:Background: Family caregivers are of great importance to patients undergoing treatment for cancer, but at the same time, caregivers themselves are in great risk of distress and high symptom burden which affects their quality of life and ability to support the patients. Within hematology the context of treatment from hospital to home has changed in the past years placing more responsibilities on caregivers. Finding new ways to support caregivers within the health care context is important. Psychosocial interventions can enhance emotional well-being, and peer to peer support model has been found to be effective for patients coping with cancer. There is a lack of knowledge and evidence of the feasibility and effects of a peer-to-peer support in caregivers within hematology. Aims: The study aim to examine the feasibility and safety of Family Caregiver Ambassador Support in caregivers of newly diagnosed patients with hematological disease, and to examine if it has an effects on symptoms and psychological wellbeing in both family caregivers and ambassadors. It is hypothesized that the family caregiver peer to peer support model will reduce symptoms of burden, reduce concerns and improve emotional and social well-being in family caregivers. Design and methods: The study is a one arm feasibility intervention trial with family caregivers (n=30) and family caregiver ambassadors (N=20). Family Caregivers will be recruited at the Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet. Family Caregivers will be partnered with a family caregiver ambassador. The intervention will be carried out in a 12-week period and consist of telephone and/or e-mail contact and face to face meetings with one follow-up at three months. Both caregiver and ambassador data will be collected at baseline, post intervention and follow-up 3 months. Implication: The study has the potential to be a new model of care incorporated in the clinical setting to strengthen the support system for caregivers and may likely be tailored to other cancer groups and caregivers.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and clinical response including overall response rate (ORR) of real-life standard-of-care (SOC) treatments under routine clinical practice, over a 24-month period, in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate if treatment with Ixazomib in multiple myeloma (MM) can strengthen the bones, thus making it resilient to future fractures. Ixazomib will be given at a time point when the disease is in a stable phase, decreasing the likelihood that the potential bone anabolic effect will be abrogated by catabolic effect of active MM. In order to be included in the study, the patient must have treatment demanding MM, and the disease must have been brought into at least partial remission with chemotherapy before inclusion. Moreover, the patient must have pathological bone structure on low dose CT due to the pre-existing disease.
This is a prospective, multicenter observational study to collect clinically annotated biospecimens in order to assess the correlation between ex vivo data generated by the Notable assay platform and clinical outcome.
In the study the investigators will randomize patients that receive an autologous stem cell transplantation for myeloma or lymphoma for treatment with vitamin C or placebo during 6 weeks. Primary endpoint will be immune recovery.
The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a novel mHealth behavioral intervention to enable HCT patients to effectively cope with symptoms to improve their ability to engage in physical activity that can improve physical disability. Our interdisciplinary team (psychiatry, hematology/oncology, occupational therapy) proposes a single arm pilot trial (N=20) to test a hybrid in-person and mHealth (video-conferencing, symptoms/activity monitoring, personalized feedback via text) HCT Coping Skills Training for Symptom Management and Daily Steps (CST Step-Up) intervention. CST Step-Up will provide patients with coping skills training and activity coaching sessions to enhance their ability to cope with symptoms that interfere with activity.
Patients with multiple myeloma (a type of blood cancer affecting the white blood cells) or amyloidosis (abnormal buildup of a protein called amyloid in the body) are often given treatment with the drugs lenalidomide or pomalidomide. Some patients may experience an allergic reaction to these drugs which would mean stopping the treatment. The purpose of this research study is to see how safe and useful desensitization is in allowing patients to receive further treatment with lenalidomide or pomalidomide.
Background: Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that is usually incurable. T cells are part of the immune system. Researchers think changing a person's T cells to recognize their cancer could help the person's body kill tumor cells. This is a new approach that uses a patient's own cells to target multiple myeloma. Objective: To see if giving anti-Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule F7 (SLAM7) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells with a stop switch to people with multiple myeloma is safe and to see if adding a gene to stop T-cell activity can limit toxicity of this therapy. Eligibility: People ages 18-73 with multiple myeloma for which prior standard treatment has not worked Design: Participants will be screened with: - Medical history - Physical exam - Blood, urine, and heart tests - Bone marrow samples: A needle inserted into the participant's bone will remove marrow. - Imaging scans: Participants will lie in a machine that takes pictures of the body. Participants will have apheresis. They will receive a catheter or central line: A plastic tube will be inserted into a chest or arm vein. Blood will be removed and the T cells separated. The rest of the blood will be returned to the participant. The T cells will be manipulated in the lab. Participants will get chemotherapy through the central line for 3 days. Participants will receive the manipulated T cells through the central line. They will stay in the hospital at least 9 days. Participants will have follow-up visits 2 weeks then 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months after the infusion. They will then have visits every 6 months for 3 years. Then they will be contacted once per year for 15 years. All visits will include blood tests, and 3 visits will include bone marrow biopsies....
This study aims to show that antiidiotypic sdAb are a new, sensitive, specific and non-invasive tool for imaging and therapeutic purposes and provides a rationale for their clinical evaluation as a personalized treatment option for MM patients expressing surface paraprotein.
The purpose of this study is to characterize the multiple myeloma (MM) population concerning demographics and clinical characteristics (for example. frailty, risk strata, manifestations of target organ damage [TOD]) in 6 countries (that is Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Panama); and to profile the treatment landscape of Latin American MM participants, including factors associated with health-care provider (HCP) selections of different treatment regimens. These factors can include a participant's demographic and clinical characteristics and availability of different therapy options per institution in each country.