Withdrawn study sought to identify which cancer patients could safely be treated at home for fever
NCT ID NCT04557709
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to look at cancer patients with neutropenic fever (fever with low white blood cells) to see how many had serious complications. The goal was to help decide which patients might be safely treated at home instead of in the hospital. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
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Study facts
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- Started
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Jul 2020
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
Patients admitted to MD Anderson Cancer Center through the Emergency Center with a diagnosis of neutropenic fever between 1/1/2019 and 12/31/2019
- 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: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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
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