- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05715255
Adaptive Symptom Self-Management Immunotherapy Study
Adaptive Symptom Self-Management to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve Symptom Management for Survivors on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Using a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) design, the study team will initially randomize 286 diverse survivors (30% Hispanic) who are within 12 weeks of starting ICIs and who also have elevated psychological distress to an Automated Telephone Symptom Management (ATSM) or to an active control condition. ATSM consists of weekly telephone symptom monitoring using the Patient Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) items by an automated voice response technology. Participants are referred to a printed Handbook with information about symptoms, evidence-based self-management strategies, and when to report symptoms to HCPs. ATSM automatically sends a weekly symptom summary to HCPs. Active control survivors will receive automated symptom monitoring only with reports sent to HCPs. Survivors in ATSM whose psychological distress is still elevated for 2 consecutive weeks during weeks 2-8 (nonresponders) will be randomized for the second time to add TIPC for 8 weeks or continue with ATSM alone. The study team hypothesizes adding TIPC will improve self-efficacy for symptom self-management, including communication with HCPs and increase social support resulting in lower indices of psychological distress, other PRO-CTCAE symptoms, clinician-documented irAES (primary outcomes), and unscheduled health services use and ICI treatment interruptions (secondary outcomes). With total intervention time of 16 weeks, all survivors will be interviewed at baseline and week 17 post-intervention, and electronic health record data will be extracted for the participation period.
Specific aims:
Aim 1. Determine if primary and secondary outcomes over weeks 1-17 are lower (better) in the group created by the first randomization: the adaptive intervention that begins with ATSM with the need-based addition of TIPC vs. active control group.
Aim 2. Among those not responding to ATSM on psychological distress during weeks 2-8 who enter the second randomization, determine: a) if primary and secondary outcomes over weeks 8-17 are lower (better) in TIPC+ATSM vs. ATSM alone group; b) the extent to which the effects of adding TIPC to ATSM on primary and secondary outcomes are mediated by increased social support, self-efficacy for symptom management and for communication with HCP.
Aim 3. Explore which baseline characteristics of the survivor, cancer, and cancer treatment are associated with optimal primary and secondary outcomes resulting from three supportive care options: 1) symptom monitoring only with automated reports to HCPs (active control); 2) ATSM alone for 16 weeks; or 3) addition of 8 weeks of TIPC to ATSM if no response on psychological distress during weeks 2-8.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Molly Hadeed
- Phone Number: 520-626-0583
- Email: mcbarry@arizona.edu
Study Locations
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Arizona
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Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
- Recruiting
- University of Arizona Cancer Center
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Contact:
- Molly Hadeed
- Phone Number: 520-626-0583
- Email: mcbarry@arizona.edu
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Principal Investigator:
- Terry Badger, PhD
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Contact:
- UACC IIT
- Email: UACC-IIT@uacc.arizona.edu
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
- Recruiting
- University of Michigan
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Contact:
- Samantha Holmes
- Phone Number: 734-998-4425
- Email: samhol@med.umich.edu
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Principal Investigator:
- John Krauss, MD
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 or older
- Within 12 weeks after starting ICI treatment for cancer
- Cognitively oriented to person, place and time (determined by recruiter)
- Able to speak and understand English or Spanish
- Access to a telephone
- Severity score of 1 (mild) or higher on at least 1 of the 3 indicators of psychological distress from the PRO-CTCAE (i.e., the three items of anxious, discouraged, sad) library
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently receiving regular behavioral counseling
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Adaptive Intervention
The adaptive intervention sequence is assumed to affect psychological distress (depression and anxiety) severity of other symptoms and irAEs, as tested in Aim 1.
Both the Automated Telephone Symptom Management (ATSM) system and the Telephone Interpersonal Counseling (TIP-C) interventions help participants to identify and understand troublesome symptoms, with suggestions to effectively self-manage these symptoms.
The proposed interventions are expected to alleviate burdensome symptoms through several key mediating variables, as tested in Aim 2.
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Participants randomized to the adaptive intervention are telephoned weekly and asked to enter by pin-pad or voice the severity of the PRO-CTCAE items on a 0-4 scale, with 0 being none and 4 being very severe.
Participants are mailed the Symptom Management and Survivorship Handbook in their preferred language (English or Spanish).
Survivors who rated any item at moderate or higher (2-4) will be referred by the ATSM to read the corresponding chapters in the Handbook and given a call back in 24 hours to inquire about the severity of the reported symptom, whether it has improved or worsened, and whether the participant reported it to their HCP, or the HCP has contacted the survivor.
Participants that report elevated symptoms for two consecutive weeks are rerandomized to continue the ATSM alone or continue the ATSM with TIP-C added for 8 weeks.
TIP-C is delivered by a masters prepared counselor with cancer expertise via weekly 30-minute phone calls using interpersonal techniques.
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Active Comparator: Active Control
Survivors in the active control will receive weekly AVR assessments of PROCTCAE symptoms, and summary of these assessments will be sent securely to HCPs.
Survivors will not receive the Handbook and will not be prompted by the AVR to contact HCPs unless the symptoms are severe.
An active control comparator was purposively selected to enable a more rigorous testing of intervention effectiveness in Aims 1 and 2. Also, the study team will be better able to address the question about which channel of communication (automated versus survivor initiated) results in better outcomes.
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Survivors in the active control will receive weekly AVR assessments of PROCTCAE symptoms, and summary of these assessments will be sent securely to HCPs.
Survivors will not receive the Handbook and will not be prompted by the AVR to contact HCPs unless the symptoms are severe.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in reported PRO-CTCAE Symptoms
Time Frame: PRO-CTCAE will be administered weekly at baseline (week 0) through week 17.
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Psychological distress and other symptoms will be measured weekly using PRO-CTCAE severity items at weeks 0-17.
Severity is rated 0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, 4=very severe.
The 3 items reflecting psychological distress are anxious, discouraged, and sad.
Other items relevant to ICI treatment were selected from the PRO-CTCAE library for a total of 23 items (e.g., nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, swelling, rash, increased sweating, heart palpitations, etc.).
In addition to PRO-CTCAE, the study team will use data on the grades of irAEs documented by clinicians in the HER.
Each of 3 item sets, the three PRO-CTCAE items of psychological distress, 23 other PRO-CTCAE items, and clinician documented irAEs will be summarized into three toxicity indices (TIs).
All grades of the included items will be ordered from highest to lowest, and the weighted sum will be calculated.
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PRO-CTCAE will be administered weekly at baseline (week 0) through week 17.
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Change in patient reported psychological distress in Interviews.
Time Frame: PROMIS short form 8 for depression and anxiety will be administered at baseline (week 0) and again at week 17 as part of the final follow-up.
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Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) has been developed using sophisticated measurement techniques, tested with over 21,000 individuals, calibrated to produce t-scores based on the general population and are available in either English or Spanish.
The available short forms have evidence of good reliability and validity.
PROMIS-short form 8 for depression and anxiety will be administered at baseline and 17-week telephone interviews to provide greater detail and precision in the measurement of severity of these symptoms, as compared to three PRO-CTCAE items (anxious, discouraged, sad).
Each question is rated on a five-point scale from 1=Never to 5=Always.
A higher score indicates higher anxiety or depression.The study team chose 8-item short forms to minimize respondent burden while maintaining measurement precision.
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PROMIS short form 8 for depression and anxiety will be administered at baseline (week 0) and again at week 17 as part of the final follow-up.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in cancer treatment interruptions
Time Frame: Cancer treatment interruptions will be measured after the final week 17 follow-up and take into account the participant's time on study (consent date through week 17 interview date).
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Cancer treatment interruptions (dose reductions and stoppages) along with their dates will be extracted from EHRs and summarized as the number and duration of temporary stoppages and dose reductions, and whether or not a premature permanent or temporary stoppage of the ICI occurred during the 17-week study period.
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Cancer treatment interruptions will be measured after the final week 17 follow-up and take into account the participant's time on study (consent date through week 17 interview date).
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Change in unscheduled health care visits
Time Frame: Unscheduled health care visits will be measured at baseline and week 17.
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Unscheduled health care visits, hospitalizations and emergency department visits will be summarized as the number of events and number of days spent in the hospital if admitted.
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Unscheduled health care visits will be measured at baseline and week 17.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Terry Badger, PhD, University of Arizona
Study record dates
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Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STUDY00000719
- 1R01CA263714-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
IPD Sharing Time Frame
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- STUDY_PROTOCOL
- SAP
- ICF
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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