Can extra support improve life for blood cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT05646576
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a special palliative care program (called PEACE) can improve quality of life for people with blood cancers like lymphoma, leukemia, or multiple myeloma who are receiving adoptive cellular therapy (ACT). About 90 participants will be randomly assigned to either standard care or standard care plus the PEACE program, which includes help with symptoms, coping, and treatment decisions. The study lasts up to 2 years and focuses on whether the program is feasible and acceptable to patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Palliative care (PEACE) - a tailored program of symptom management, coping support, and decision-making help
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that adding palliative care to standard treatment improves quality of life and emotional well-being for blood cancer patients undergoing cellular therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on feasibility and satisfaction, not on curing the cancer. The intervention may not significantly improve outcomes, and results may not apply to all patients.
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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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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: * Age 18 years or older. * Ability to complete surveys in English or with assistance of an interpreter. * Diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy. * Receiving autologous adoptive cellular therapy (ACT) at MGH with an FDA approved cellular therapy product. Exclusion Criteria: * Impaired cognition or uncontrolled mental illness that prohibits study compliance based on the oncology clinician assessment. * Already receiving palliative care (PC).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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