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Filter by:Non-myeloablative allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (NMA-HSCT) is associated with innumerable complications and side-effects and a high treatment-related mortality. Maintaining quality of life, physical and psychosocial functioning and participation in society is therefore challenging for patients undergoing treatment with NMA-HSCT. This situation creates an urgent need for rehabilitation for patients to return to a meaningful everyday life, and for knowledge about how to best help this group of patients return to everyday life. The project aims to develop and examine the feasibility and safety of a multimodal interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme targeted patients undergoing treatment with NMA-HSCT. Three studies are planned. Study I is a qualitative interview study to get a profound insight into patients' experiences and challenges after NMA-HSCT. Study II has a single arm longitudinal design with both a feasibility and an outcome component. Patients (N=30) are consecutively recruited at the Department of Haematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark and enrolled in the 6-month HAPPY programme as soon as the decision about NMA-HSCT is final. Data is collected pre-NMA-HSCT, at 3-month, 6-month and 12-month after NMA-HSCT. Study III is a qualitative interview study, where patients who participated in the rehabilitation programme evaluate the programme's influence on their return to everyday life. The project contributes with knowledge about the feasibility of a rehabilitation programme targeted at a vulnerable group of chronic cancer patients with rare diseases. We will document the impact of an interdisciplinary intervention anchored in the hospital setting but aimed at reaching patients at home. If the intervention enhances quality of life, patient activation and functioning, it may not only reduce the number of hospitalizations and use of healthcare services, but may also allow more patients to maintain contact with the labour market and resume participation in society.
Numerous publications call for innovation based on integrated care principles, investment in self-management and use of eHealth to improve outcomes for allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant (alloSCT). While eHealth supported integrated care models are effective, real-world implementation remain elusive. The newly developed SMILe-Integrated Care Model (ICM) is the first theory-based eHealth supported integrated care model for alloSCT patients. SMILe-ICM includes four self-management modules (i.e., monitoring & follow-up, medication adherence, infection prevention, physical activity) and combines a human role, i.e., a Care Coordinator (CC), with a technological component (i.e., the SMILeApp). Patients monitor and transfer symptoms and health behaviours to their CC, who supports them in self-management and dealing with complications. Embedded in implementation science methodology, we aim to implement and test the SMILe-ICM at the University Hospital Basel (USB) in the first year post-alloSCT by evaluating effectiveness, implementation outcomes and implementation pathway. A hybrid 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial will include 80 adult alloSCT patients who are transplanted and followed up at USB, have basic German proficiency and provide written informed consent. Patients with physical or mental conditions limiting the use of the SMILeApp will be excluded. About ten days before alloSCT, a stratified randomization based on participants' clinical risk scores will assign patients 1:1 to the control (CG) or intervention group (IG). The CG will receive usual care; the IG will receive the SMILe-ICM over one year with 12 CC visits and continuous use of the SMILeApp. Re-hospitalization rate (primary outcome), total healthcare utilization costs, acute and chronic GvHD episodes and survival will be assessed using medical records. Medication adherence will be assessed via the BAASIS© scale, treatment burden via the PETS©, health-related quality of life via the EQ-5D-5L©. Implementation outcomes will be assessed via questionnaires and the implementation pathway via qualitative focus groups, each from patient and CC perspectives. Patients will be followed up 3 months after the intervention ended. Intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses will be conducted using the rate ratio by unconditional maximum likelihood estimation (Wald) for the primary outcome. Qualitative data will be analysed using mind-mapping techniques and thematic analysis.
This study is a Phase 2 multicenter study with a Safety Lead-in evaluating safety and efficacy of MT-401 administration to patients with AML, who have received their first allogeneic HSCT. The dose administered is 50 x 10^6 cells (flat dosing).
This study is designed to assess the hypothesis that the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activity index can be quantified early after transplantation, as well as the the PhosphoLipid Transfer Protein (PLTP) activity and these both biological variables are independent variables for predicting the risk of severe Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD).
Physical inactivity and impairments in physical functions have been observed in patients due to hematological malignancy itself and treatments of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, corticosteroids. However, no study investigated relationship of physical activity with pulmonary and physical functions in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) candidates. Therefore, investigation of the relationship among outcomes in allogeneic HSCT candidates was aimed.
The Writing for Insight, Strength, and Ease (WISE) Study is a multisite Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of the Expressive Helping (EH) intervention among adults receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Hematologic malignancies may arise from myeloid and lymphoid blood cells lineages affecting blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes. Accordingly, negative effects of malignancies on body systems vary. As known, muscle strength, exercise capacity, fatigue and quality of life deteriorate during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, impacts of myeloid and lymphoid type disorders on pulmonary functions, muscle strength, exercise capacity, fatigue and quality of life in allogeneic-HSCT who diagnosed with hematologic malignancies. Therefore, current study aimed to comparatively investigate physical impairments between recipients with hematologic malignancies according to myeloid and lymphoid type disorder.
Introduction. Chronic graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is the main late noninfectious complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) that can affect several organs. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is recognized as pulmonary chronic GVHD. A diagnosis of a lower respiratory tract infection in the first 100 days following transplant has been associated to the development of BOS. One hypothesis is that the first stage driving to BOS is a previous aggression of bronchial epithelial cells by various factors such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Thereafter, data suggest that viral infections, in particular Parainfluenza viruses could be a trigger for BOS. The alloimmune reaction activated by the respiratory virus could lead to the fibrosis process. Our hypothesis is that the bronchial epithelium of allogeneic HSCT recipients has phenotypic specificities that are associated with a specific response to the viral respiratory infections (in particular paramyxovirus) leading to the development of BOS. Main objective. To characterize and compare the inflammatory response after infection with Parainfluenza 3 virus in an ex-vivo model of bronchial epithelial cells obtained from allogeneic HSCT recipients and controls. Objective secondary. To characterize the phenotypic specificities of allogeneic HSCT recipients' bronchial epithelium. Methodology, and experimental plan. Prospective, monocentric research. Bronchial biopsies obtained from patients, will be completely differentiated after 21 days of culture. Epithelial cells will be infected by the virus strain Parainfluenza 3. Transcriptome of the cells from both allogeneic HSCT patients and controls, infected and non-infected will be analyzed 48 hours after infection.
Limited number of studies reported impairments in physical activity, exercise capacity and quality of life of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allogeneic-HSCT) recipients. However, comparison of dyspnea, exercise capacity, physical activity level and quality of life in allogeneic-HSCT recipients versus age-gender matched healthy individuals have not been known so far.To compare dyspnea, submaximal exercise capacity, physical activity level and quality of life in allogeneic-HSCT recipients with healthy individuals.
Pulmonary functions, exercise capacity and muscle strength deteriorate in survived hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients due to toxic effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, conditioning regimens and/or corticosteroid use before HSCT, prolonged stay of recipients in rooms with laminar airflow and strict infection control rules during process of HSCT. There are also limited numbers of studies demonstrated pulmonary function abnormalities, decreased maximal exercise capacity, respiratory and peripheral muscle weakness in recipients. Current study was planned since no study compared pulmonary functions, maximal exercise capacity, respiratory and peripheral muscle strength between recipients and healthy individuals in the literature.