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Acute Myeloid LeukemiaAim 1NCT02774850

Home Away From Home - Medical Outcomes

An observational study of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Neutropenia, run by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at 17 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Treatment for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) involves intensive chemotherapy regimens that result in periods of profound neutropenia leaving patients susceptible to severe infectious complications. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 19 years
Conditions the study is for
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Neutropenia, Bacteremia
How many people
610 participants
Where
17 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Jun 2015to 26 Jul 2019
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Up to 19 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Study population: The study population will include all AML patients who received or will receive chemotherapy between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2019 at any of the fifteen participating pediatric institutions across the US. Patients discharged within 3 days after completion of that chemotherapy course will be categorized as 'early discharge' to outpatient management during neutropenia. Patients meeting eligibility criteria for 'early discharge' but remaining in the hospital more than 3 days after completion of that chemotherapy course will be categorized as inpatient management. Patients will be considered early discharge-eligible if there is no evidence of fever, infection or intensive care unit (ICU) level care within ± 3 days of the last dose of chemotherapy.

Who may be able to join

  • Males or females of age less than 19 at diagnosis.
  • Receipt or planned receipt of AML chemotherapy between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2019.

Who cannot join

  • Patients being treated for relapsed AML
  • Patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APML)
  • Patients undergoing stem cell transplant (SCT)
  • Patients receiving reduced intensity frontline chemotherapy

Trial locations and contacts

17 sites in 1 country.

17 sites in 1 country

United States17 sites
  • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329

  • Children's Hospital of Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235

  • Children's Hospital of Michigan

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201

  • Texas Children's Hospital

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202

  • Ochsner Medical Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121

  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

    Palo Alto, California, 94304

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

  • Rady Children's Hospital

    San Diego, California, 92123

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington, 98105

  • Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803

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About this study

Official title: Home or Away From Home: Comparing Clinical Outcomes Relevant to the Care of Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia During Periods of Neutropenia

Treatment for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) involves intensive chemotherapy regimens that result in periods of profound neutropenia leaving patients susceptible to severe infectious complications. Infectious complications are the leading cause of treatment related mortality among AML patients, but there are little clinical data to inform whether management of neutropenia post AML chemotherapy should occur in an outpatient or inpatient setting. The primary objective of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of outpatient versus inpatient management of neutropenia in children with AML.

Read the detailed description

This is a bidirectional observational cohort study.

Participants will be patients less that 19 years of age at diagnosis receiving or having received chemotherapy for AML from seventeen participating pediatric hospitals across the United States. There is no study intervention; this is a medical record abstraction study only. Investigators will abstract subjects medical record data over the study period in order to study clinical outcomes including the occurrence of bacteremia and time to the start of the next course in the chemotherapy regimen, in relation to neutropenia management strategy.

Keywords
Pediatric, Neutropenia Management, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chart Abstraction, Chemotherapy
Medical subject headings
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Neutropenia, Bacteremia

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT02774850
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Early Discharge ManagementDischarge to outpatient management during neutropenia within 3 days after chemotherapy completion in a given course
Inpatient ManagementRemain hospitalized during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Occurrence of Post-chemotherapy Bacteremia

    Identification of bacteremia will begin three days after completion of a chemotherapy course and will continue until recovery of absolute neutrophil count (ANC > 200 uL), or until the start of the next course (for a very small number of patients who begin the next course of chemotherapy prior to count recovery). Bacteremia will be defined as a single positive blood culture for a bacterial pathogen (including Viridans group Streptococci). If the bacterium is an organism considered as a common commensal organism by the National Healthcare Safety Network, two separate positive blood cultures will be required for classification as bacteremia.

    Measured: Identification of bacteremia will begin three days after completion of a chemotherapy course and will continue until recovery of absolute neutrophil count (ANC > 200 uL), or until the start of the next course.

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Time to the Initiation of the Next Chemotherapy Course

    Time to next course of chemotherapy will be measured as the number of days from the three days after the completion chemotherapy in a given course until the first day of the next course.

    Measured: The number of days from the three days after the completion chemotherapy in a given course until the first day of the next course

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 May 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2015
  3. Primary completion26 Jul 2019
  4. Study completion26 Jul 2019

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrolment
610 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02774850
Sponsor's protocol ID
15-012074
Acronym
Aim 1
Status last verified
Dec 2019
First submitted
13 May 2016
Last updated
23 Dec 2019
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No: Coded, limited data sets will be shared with participating sites upon approved request. Only aggregate level data will be shared with the study sponsor Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Neutropenia, run by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at 17 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Dec 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 17 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 23 Dec 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Occurrence of Post-chemotherapy Bacteremia (time frame: Identification of bacteremia will begin three days after completion of a chemotherapy course and will continue until recovery of absolute neutrophil count (ANC > 200 uL), or until the start of the next course.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Dec 2019.

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