Nandita Khera, M.D., M.P.H.

The purpose of this study is to assess the level of financial and health insurance literacy and financial distress in cancer patients coming to the infusion center by analyzing the correlation amongst these outcomes, as well assessing their association with baseline sociodemographic and disease/ treatment factors.

The purpose of this study is to determine the set of assessments and biomarkers that could together constitute a robust and valid composite health risk model for accurate personalized estimation of one year NRM.

The purpose of this study is to develop digital, personal narrative stories about hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) with a sample of HCT caregivers. 

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and benefit of a patient-reported outcomes quality of life tool for hematology and medical oncology.

The purpose of this study is to compare relapse-free survival between participants with FLT3/ITD AML in first morphologic complete remission (CR1) who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) and are randomized to receive gilteritinib or placebo beginning after the time of engraftment for a two year period.

The purpose of this study is to collect pilot data to determine levels of physical activity (PA) among HCT patients and caregivers, and to assess hypothetical interest in a dyad-based, technology-enhanced PA intervention for HCT patients and caregivers.

The study is testing the effectiveness of digital story intervention in caregivers of patients who have recently undergone transplant for hematopoietic cell malignancies. Research has shown that viewing presentation of HCT stories from individuals who have similar experiences with their diagnosis and treatment and have a wide range of emotional expression or resolutions have beneficial effects on emotional wellbeing. We will use the information from this study to help us to evaluate the use of this intervention to minimize emotional distress among HCT caregivers.

The proposed research will use a double-blind randomized controlled design to pilot test a model for how stories shared by a panel of HCT survivors impact the psychosocial well-being of the digital stories (DS) intervention condition of 55 patients who recently underwent HCT and their respective caregivers compared with 55 people in an information control (IC) condition and their caregivers (total 220 participants; N=110 per condition). Participants, recruited from the Mayo Clinic Arizona Cancer Center, will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: the DS intervention or the IC video condition. Participants will questionnaires at baseline (T1), after the 4-week intervention (T2), and 3 months (100 days) later (T3).

The purpose of this study is to see the effect of a chemotherapy treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome before donor stem cell transplant. Giving chemotherapy before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells in the bone marrow, including normal blood-forming cells (stem cells) and cancer cells, and may prevent the myelodysplastic syndrome from coming back after the transplant.

Does Tai Chi Easy (TCEasy), a simple and repetitive form of exercise that consists of movements with meditation, improve quality of life in those afflicted with multiple myeloma undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation?

The purpose of this study is to understand the need and gap in interventions addressing financial burden from a patient perspective, and develop a psychoeducational intervention directed towards decreasing financial distress in patients undergoing cancer treatment based on the knowledge gained.

This research trial studies medical chart review in determining outcomes of second-line therapy in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease previously treated with extracorporeal photopheresis or other systemic therapies. Gathering information about second-line therapy in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease may help doctors learn more about the disease and find better treatment.

This randomized study will compare a personalized Survivorship Care Plan (SCP) template with usual care (no SCP). The investigators hypothesize that the personalized SCP that incorporates patient specific treatment exposures and provides a framework for long term followup based on those exposures and subsequent risks for late complications will enhance patient survivorship confidence in knowledge, increase adherence to recommended healthcare, improve health behaviors and reduce HCT-related emotional distress.

This study is investigating the supportive care needs, and levels of social support and distress, in adult patients who are receiving or have recently completed treatment for cancer. Research has shown that when cancer patients are supported with resources to help them cope with the cancer and treatment experience, that they are better able to tolerate and cope with their treatment and its impact.