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NCT02975869Completed

A Collaborative Palliative and Oncology Care Model for Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Randomized Trial of a Collaborative Palliative and Oncology Care Model for Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This research study is evaluating the impact a collaborative palliative care and oncology team will have on the quality of life, symptoms, mood, and end of life outcomes of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Palliative care is a medical specialty focused on lessening (or "palliating") symptoms and assisting in coping with serious illness.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
160 (actual)
First submitted
24 Nov 2016
Start date
1 Jan 2017
Primary completion date
1 Sept 2019
Lead sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT number
NCT02975869

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 160
  • From 1 Jan 2017 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2019
  • 4 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Patients already receiving palliative care

Other illness

  • Major psychiatric illness or comorbid conditions prohibiting compliance with study procedures.

Other

  • A diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML)

Who the study is looking for

  • Hospitalized patients with high-risk AML, defined as:
  • Newly diagnosed patients with AML ≥ 60 years of age
  • Newly diagnosed AML with antecedent hematologic disorder
  • Newly diagnosed therapy-related AML
  • Relapsed AML
  • Primary refractory AML

Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (4)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Ohio State University
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke University
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Pennsylvania
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.