Social Adaptation in Long Term Survivors of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

1. To explore specific aspects of social adaptation such as social connectedness, occupational outcomes and family relationships in lymphoma patients after autologous blood or marrow transplantation (BMT).
2. To investigate how social adaptation varies with time lapsed since BMT and with the life stage as determined by patient?s age. Understanding both the positive and negative aspects of cancer and cancer therapy leads to opportunities to promote adaptive strategies.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Social Adaptation
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Semi structured personal interview

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 50

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
      • Stanford University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Subjects will be identified from the comprehensive database of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Division of Stanford Hospitals & Clinics. We will target lymphoma patients who received an autologous BMT as adults (18 years or older). We estimate there are ~580 surviving who are between 2 and 22 years post-BMT.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Lymphoma patients treated with blood and marrow transplantation at Stanford University Medical Center
2. Age > 18 years at the time of transplant
3. English speaking
4. Willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

autologous BMT recipients; Lymphoma patients who received an autologous BMT as adults

Procedure: Semi structured personal interview; A trained research assistant will conduct in-person, in-depth semi-structured interviews at a location of the participants choosing. Participants will be asked to discuss their experiences with cancer, focusing especially on how their cancer affected their (1) work/education (2) relationships with their family (spouse, children, parents, siblings and other relatives) (3) their other social relationships

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Specific aspects of social adaptation, such as social connectedness, occupational outcomes and family relationships in lymphoma patients after autologous blood or marrow transplantation (BMT)	1 year
Social adaptation variation with time lapsed since BMT and with the life stage as determined by patient's age	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Stanford University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Karen Cook, Stanford University; Principal Investigator: Kate Tierney, Stanford University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): June 28, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 16, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): July 20, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 2, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 29, 2017
• Last Verified: November 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT)
• Other Study ID Numbers: BMT216; SU-07092010-6496 (Other Identifier: Stanford University)