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Supportive Care Intervention for Outpatient Stem Cell Transplant Patients

A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Avatar-based Supportive Care Intervention for Patients Undergoing Outpatient Stem Cell Transplantation

Who can join

Ages 19 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18+
* Seen for outpatient RIC HCT (prior to D0, generally D-6).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Deemed by clinical staff or research assistant (RA) to be unable to converse with an avatar, due to: severe, uncorrectable hearing or vision impairment; severe speech impairment that precludes understanding by staff (or by the avatar).
* Not fluent in English.

About the study

The overall goal of this study is to assess the efficacy of the care.coach Avatar™ in improving anxiety and quality of life for patients undergoing outpatient transplant. After care.coach Avatar™ content and scheduling ("digital intervention" or "program") has been optimized for outpatient allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT), a randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted of the digital versus usual supportive care program for outpatient HCT recipients. Potential improvements in anxiety and quality of life will be evaluated, with the intent of increasing comfortability with outpatient transplant and expanding the population of eligible patients willing to receive their transplants in an outpatient setting.

What is being tested

• care.coach Avatar™ (behavioral)

Sponsor: Victor Wang · Participants: 90 · Started: Oct 21, 2024

Contact the study team

• Chantal M Kerssens, PhD · Phone: 404-849-8323
• Victor Wang, MS · Phone: 415-866-6964

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06564233

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Cancer (all types)

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.