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Status unknownNCT04280133Updated Jan 26, 2023

CAR T-CELL Therapy Educational Video Trial

An interventional study of Educational Video Tool in Hematologic Malignancy and CAR-T Cell Therapy, sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-01-26.

Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2023), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to test a new educational video to help patients and doctors talk about CAR-T cell therapy, a treatment being used in cancer.

- Educational video tool for patients receiving CAR-T cell therapy.

Read the detailed description

This research study is a Feasibility Study, which is the first-time investigators are examining this educational video tool for patients receiving CAR-T cell therapy.

The research study procedures include screening for eligibility, randomization and a series of questionnaires

Participants will be randomized to one of 2 groups:

  • Group A: Educational video tool
  • Group B: Standard care

Participants will be in the research study for a month after consent

It is expected that about 80 participants will take part in this research study.

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Conditions studied

  • Hematologic Malignancy
  • CAR-T Cell Therapy

Keywords

  • Hematologic Malignancy
  • CAR-T cell therapy
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In context

Hematologic Neoplasms

1,494 studies on the registry are indexed under Hematologic Neoplasms; 438 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 80 is above the median of 45 across 1,090 interventional studies indexed under Hematologic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital is the lead sponsor of 2,582 studies on the registry; 451 are open to participants now.

Of its 221 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 168 (76%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years or age or older
  • Established diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy
  • Under consideration for CAR T-cell therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Significant uncontrolled psychiatric disorders (psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression) or other co-morbid disease (dementia, cognitive impairment), which the primary oncologist believes prohibits informed consent or participation in the study
  • Undergoing CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumor malignancy
  • Inability to comprehend English, as the video is currently only available in English at this time
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Educational Video Tool

    Patients randomized to the intervention arm will watch a 3-minute video educational tool about CAR-T cell therapy prior to admission for CAR-T cell therapy.

    Behavioral: Educational Video Tool

  • No intervention
    Standard Care

    Patients randomized to the control arm will receive usual care per the treating team. Any questions regarding CAR-T cell therapy will be directed to the patient's medical team

Interventions

  • BehavioralEducational Video Tool

    The video educational tool was written by the investigators in collaboration with a panel of experts on CAR T-cell therapy, medical ethicists, palliative care clinicians, and oncologists.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility (enrollment and retention rates)

    The primary endpoint is feasibility. The proposed video intervention will be deemed feasible if at least 60% of eligible patients are enrolled in the study.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knowledge about CAR-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell Knowledge Questionnaire)

    To compare patient's knowledge about CAR-T cell therapy between groups as measured by the CAR-T cell therapy Knowledge Questionnaire (Score range 0-10). Higher scores indicating higher knowledge.

    Time frame: up to 1 month

  2. Psychological distress (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

    To compare patient's psychological distress between groups as measured by the HADS. HADS Anxiety and Depression subscales range from 0-21, with higher scores indicating worse psychological distress.

    Time frame: up to 1 month

  3. Patient's self-efficacy (modified version of CASE-cancer)

    To compare patient's self-efficacy between the groups as measured by a modified version of the Communication and Attitudinal Self-Efficacy Scale-Cancer (CASE-cancer) for patients receiving CAR-T cell therapy. The modified CASE ranges from 0-170 with higher scores indicating higher self-efficacy

    Time frame: up to 1 month

  4. Preferences for CAR T-cell therapy (single-item preference for CAR-T cell therapy)

    To compare patient's preferences for CAR-T cell therapy between groups as measured by a single-item "Do you prefer to receive CAR-T cell therapy". We will compare proportion of patients stating "yes" to receiving CAR-T cell therapy between groups.

    Time frame: up to 1 week

  5. Decision Satisfaction around receipt of CAR-T cell therapy

    To compare patient's satisfaction around the decision to receive CAR-T cell therapy between groups as measured by a five-item Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree" with statements about satisfaction regarding the decision to receive CAR-T cell therapy, with "Strongly Agree" indicating the highest decision satisfaction. We will compare the proportion of patients stating "Agree" or "Strongly Agree" to the six items between groups.

    Time frame: up to 1 month

  6. Acceptability of the video (intervention arm only)

    To assess, in the intervention group only, patients' comfort with watching the video, whether they find the video helpful in their understanding of CAR T-cell therapy, and whether they would recommend it to others as measured by a 3-item survey. Each of the three items is a four-point Likert scale. Acceptability is defined as at least 80% of patients intervention reporting they felt "very comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" on a four-point Likert scale when asked about their comfort watching the video.

    Time frame: up to 1 month

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Study locations

1 site
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to Sponsor Investigator or designee. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form

Time frame: Data can be shared no earlier than 1 year following the date of publication

Access criteria: Contact the Partners Innovations team at http://www.partners.org/innovation

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 26, 2023, 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
NCT04280133
Responsible party
Patrick C. Johnson, MD (Principal Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 21, 2020
Start date
May 25, 2020
Primary completion
Oct 26, 2022
Completion
Feb 24, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 26, 2023

Study contacts

Patrick C Johnson, MD
principal investigator · Massachusetts General Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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