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Active, not recruitingNCT02671448Updated Jul 14, 2026

Pilot Trial of Homebound Stem Cell Transplantation

An interventional study of Home monitoring teleconsult visits and Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) in Plasma Cell Dyscrasia, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-14.

Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
83
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In this study, the investigators plan to see what happens when a person receives care in the home setting. They want to find out if caring for a patient who has been treated with an ASCT in the home setting is feasible. They want to find out what effects good and/or bad this will have on the patient's recovery and treatment after ASCT. Studies in other institutions have shown that providing care in the home setting after ASCT is safe, increases patient satisfaction, and can decrease the risk of infection. It is our hope that this new approach of providing care in the home setting will prove to be a feasible and safe option for patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

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Conditions studied

  • Plasma Cell Dyscrasia

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Keywords

  • Homebound
  • Homecare
  • 15-022
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In context

Paraproteinemias

86 studies on the registry are indexed under Paraproteinemias; 28 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 83 is above the median of 41 across 44 interventional studies indexed under Paraproteinemias.

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Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 1,930 studies on the registry; 325 are open to participants now.

Of its 129 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 66 (51%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of Plasma cell dyscrasia
  • Treatment plan including Autologous HSCT
  • 18-80 years of age
  • Appropriate homebound setting as defined by one of the following:

    • Lodging at the MSK Residence.
    • Staying at home or a "home equivalent" in any one of the zip codes as outlined in the appendix. Home equivalent is defined as a residence which may or may not be the primary residence of the patient.
    • "Home equivalent" must pass the "Home Environment Screening Tool" for homebound stem cell transplantation (not required for other MSK recognized lodging facility).
  • Adequate caregiver support as defined by:

    • Single or multiple informal caregivers willing and able to provide 24 hour a day, seven day a week supervision of the transplant recipient in their home or "home-like" environment.
    • Caregiver willing and able to fulfill the basic stem cell transplant caregiver education requirements as determined by caregiver and healthcare team, including social worker
  • Have Wi-Fi connection
  • Appropriate third party payer coverage for "Homebound Stem Cell Transplant Program"
  • Both patient and caregiver willing to give and sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with a documented active infection prior to starting their preparative regimen. This includes grade 3 or higher viral, bacterial, or fungal infection.
  • Uncontrolled arrhythmias
  • Active or uncontrolled pulmonary disease
  • Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) score \<80
  • Sorror Co-morbidity index ≥ 4 except in patients with history of resected cancers
  • Creatinine clearance (calculated or measured) of \< 50 cc/minute
  • Inability of patient or caregiver to speak or read English (we currently do not have the manpower to translate nor staff a multilingual homebound stem cell transplant program with adequate educational materials).
  • Inadequate housing arrangements
  • Inadequate caregiver arrangements
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Enrollment
83 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Homebound After Stem Cell Transplantation

    The primary research outputs and measurements are the instruments/surveys, assessments, and video diaries to be completed by the patients, their caregivers and the healthcare providers during the time of the home transplantation care. Protocol-specific interventions during homebound care will continue until patient has achieved neutrophil engraftment. Post engraftment, standard of care practice will resume. Once discharged from homebound care, the patient will complete routine post-HSCT follow-up visits in the clinic setting.

    Behavioral: Home monitoring teleconsult visits · Behavioral: Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) · Behavioral: Caregiver Reported Outcomes instruments

Interventions

  • BehavioralHome monitoring teleconsult visits

    A tablet will be provided to both the patient and the caregiver during the homecare portion of the study. The tablet will remain at the home, to be used by the patient and the caregiver during daily homecare visits to complete instruments/surveys and video diary recording sessions.

  • BehavioralPatient Reported Outcomes (PRO)

    Distress Thermometer, MSK-Modified M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) Instrument, FACT-G Instrument, FACT-BMT Instrument

  • BehavioralCaregiver Reported Outcomes instruments

    Distress Thermometer, Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA) Instrument, The Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer (CQOLC) Scale, Satisfaction Questionnaire, Video Diary Entries

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. readmission rate by 21 days post HSCT

    the homebound procedure will be considered promising if no more than 10 patients are readmitted to the hospital within 21 days.

    Time frame: 21 days post HSCT

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Study locations

1 site
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York 10065, United States
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 14, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02671448
Lead sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 2, 2016
Start date
Jan 2016
Primary completion
Jan 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 14, 2026

Study contacts

Heather Landau, MD
principal investigator · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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