Telemedicine for Early Detection of Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurotoxicity

October 21, 2020 updated by: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Telemedicine for Early Detection of Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurotoxicity Following CAR-T Infusion on an Outpatient Basis

The purpose of this research is to replace one of participants' outpatient chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy follow up visits with a virtual or "telemedicine" visit. The telemedicine visit will use an electronic tablet with a camera and a microphone that allows participants to communicate with their physicians and nurses. Participants will be provided with the necessary equipment to complete these visits.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Withdrawn

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

Primary Objective: To determine feasibility of telemedicine for outpatient cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity assessment (how many telemedicine visits successfully completed per patient)

Secondary Objective(s)

  • To determine how many times a telemedicine visit triggered an action (inpatient admission/ outpatient observation status)
  • To determine how many patients were detected to have cytokine release syndrome and/or neurotoxicity based on their telemedicine visit

Study Type

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Interventional

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must have histologically confirmed relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, high grade B-cell lymphoma, and DLBCL arising from of follicular lymphoma
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • ECOG or Karnofsky performance status of ≤ 2
  • Patients must have a caregiver(s) with them 24 hours a day for the first 30 days after CAR-T cell infusion
  • Patients must stay within a 30-minute distance from the cancer center
  • Patients must have access to wifi network or a cellular network
  • Patients and caregiver(s) participating in patient's care must attend the education session for outpatient CAR-T and demonstrate competency to collect vital signs with equipment provided
  • Must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign an IRB-approved informed consent document (either directly or via a legally authorized representative).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
  • Patients who have a high tumor burden (> 10 cm largest mass) have a high risk of CRS who will receive CAR-T as an inpatient
  • Patient or caregiver unable to understand and follow English language
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Other: CAR-T cell therapy and Telemedicine
All outpatient CAR-T patients will require assessments for cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity three times daily (every 8 hours)
Other: Telemedicine visit
Participants will be provided with a Wifi-and cellular enabled electronic tablet. Additionally, participants will receive a kit that contains a thermometer, a blood pressure monitoring cuff, and a pulse oximeter (to measure oxygen saturation level). Participants will attend an educational session to learn how the telemedicine visit works. Caregivers should attend with participants and will be trained to take temperatures, blood pressures, and oxygen saturation levels. Participants will also be asked to complete a test telehealth visit.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Successfully Completed Telemedicine Visits
Time Frame: 3 years
To determine feasibility of telemedicine for outpatient cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity assessment. Investigators will consider telemedicine feasible in this population if at least 13 of the 15 patients successfully complete 80% of telemedicine visits. A visit will be considered successful if all measurements are recorded OR if the visit is interrupted because the participant needs to come into the CAR-T unit for assessment. If a patient is admitted, then the 80% benchmark will be calculated based on the number of days the patient was outpatient at 11 pm. The proportion meeting the 80% benchmark will be reported along with an exact 95% confidence interval.
3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Times a Telemedicine Visit Triggered Action
Time Frame: 3 years
To determine how many times a telemedicine visit triggered an inpatient admission or outpatient observation status
3 years
Number of Patients to Have Cytokine Release Syndrome
Time Frame: 3 years
Descriptive statistics will be used to characterize the number of cases of cytokine release syndrome based on telemedicine visits.
3 years
Number of Patients to Have Neurotoxicity
Time Frame: 3 years
Descriptive statistics will be used to characterize the number neurotoxicities reported based on telemedicine visits.
3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Rakhee Vaidya, MBBS, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

Study Start

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December 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

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September 1, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

Study Completion

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November 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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August 4, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 4, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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August 7, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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October 23, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 21, 2020

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2020

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • IRB00067341
  • WFBCCC 99520 (Other Identifier: Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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