Major Complication Rate in Cancer Patients With Neutropenic Fever Potentially Eligible for a Hospital at Home Program

Description

This study investigates the major complication rate in cancer patients potentially eligible for a hospital at home program for management of neutropenic fever. "Hospital at Home" is a home care program that provides acute, inpatient care in a patient's home in place of a traditional hospital stay. Learning more about the characteristics of potentially eligible patients, including reasons for inpatient admission, rates of major complications, and situations or treatments that would be difficult to deliver in an at home setting may help to inform future program development.

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study investigates the major complication rate in cancer patients potentially eligible for a hospital at home program for management of neutropenic fever. "Hospital at Home" is a home care program that provides acute, inpatient care in a patient's home in place of a traditional hospital stay. Learning more about the characteristics of potentially eligible patients, including reasons for inpatient admission, rates of major complications, and situations or treatments that would be difficult to deliver in an at home setting may help to inform future program development.

A Descriptive Study of Major Complications in Oncology Patients With Neutropenic Fever Potentially Eligible for a Hospital at Home Program

Major Complication Rate in Cancer Patients With Neutropenic Fever Potentially Eligible for a Hospital at Home Program

Condition
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Houston

M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Admitted to MD Anderson Cancer Center through the Emergency Center with a diagnosis of neutropenic fever between 1/1/2019 and 12/31/2019
  • * Be at low risk for major complications as defined by a Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) score \< 21
  • * Reside in a nursing home
  • * Homelessness
  • * Hospice enrollment
  • * A secondary reason for admission to the hospital or high risk clinical feature not captured in the MASCC score that places them at high risk for major complications in a hospital at home program

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,

Tacara N Soones, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2025-09-30