Horizons Chronic Graft-Versus-Host-Disease Study

University of Miami

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Graft Vs Host Disease; Quality of Life; Stem Cell Transplant Complications; Coping Skills

Treatments: Behavioral: Horizons Group Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06160986

20230656

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is being done to evaluate the feasibility of the Horizons Program, a group-based behavioral intervention, to enhance quality of life in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant
• have moderate to severe chronic graft versus host disease
• currently receiving care at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Bone Marrow Transplant Program
• able to participate in a group intervention in English or Spanish language

Exclusion criteria

• comorbid conditions or cognitive impairment that the treating clinician believes prohibits informed consent or participation in the intervention
• vulnerable patients, defined here as prisoners and pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Horizons Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive the Horizons Group intervention for up to 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Horizons Group Intervention