Can a virtual support program ease the burden of chronic GVHD?
NCT ID NCT06910969
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a group-based telehealth program called HORIZONS for adults living with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after a stem cell transplant. The program includes 8 sessions led by a therapist to help with self-management and quality of life. Researchers will compare it to just receiving a booklet, aiming to see if the group program makes a real difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HORIZONS multidisciplinary group-based telehealth intervention
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a proven way to help people with chronic GVHD feel better and manage their condition more effectively.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so it may not work for everyone. The trial is still recruiting, and results are not yet known.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 350 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥ 18 years) who have undergone allogeneic HCT * Have moderate to severe cGVHD based on patient-report * Have ability to participate in English or Spanish language group telehealth intervention. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with mild cGVHD based on their self-report. * Patients with a major untreated psychiatric or cognitive condition which the treating oncology clinicians believes interferes with the capacity to provide informed consent. * Patients with active relapsed disease requiring therapy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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