The purpose of this research is to replace one of participants' outpatient chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy follow up visits with a virtual or "telemedicine" visit. The telemedicine visit will use an electronic tablet with a camera and a microphone that allows participants to communicate with their physicians and nurses. Participants will be provided with the necessary equipment to complete these visits.
Primary Objective: To determine feasibility of telemedicine for outpatient cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity assessment (how many telemedicine visits successfully completed per patient) Secondary Objective(s) * To determine how many times a telemedicine visit triggered an action (inpatient admission/ outpatient observation status) * To determine how many patients were detected to have cytokine release syndrome and/or neurotoxicity based on their telemedicine visit
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Participants will be provided with a Wifi-and cellular enabled electronic tablet. Additionally, participants will receive a kit that contains a thermometer, a blood pressure monitoring cuff, and a pulse oximeter (to measure oxygen saturation level). Participants will attend an educational session to learn how the telemedicine visit works. Caregivers should attend with participants and will be trained to take temperatures, blood pressures, and oxygen saturation levels. Participants will also be asked to complete a test telehealth visit.
Number of Successfully Completed Telemedicine Visits
To determine feasibility of telemedicine for outpatient cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity assessment. Investigators will consider telemedicine feasible in this population if at least 13 of the 15 patients successfully complete 80% of telemedicine visits. A visit will be considered successful if all measurements are recorded OR if the visit is interrupted because the participant needs to come into the CAR-T unit for assessment. If a patient is admitted, then the 80% benchmark will be calculated based on the number of days the patient was outpatient at 11 pm. The proportion meeting the 80% benchmark will be reported along with an exact 95% confidence interval.
Time frame: 3 years
Number of Times a Telemedicine Visit Triggered Action
To determine how many times a telemedicine visit triggered an inpatient admission or outpatient observation status
Time frame: 3 years
Number of Patients to Have Cytokine Release Syndrome
Descriptive statistics will be used to characterize the number of cases of cytokine release syndrome based on telemedicine visits.
Time frame: 3 years
Number of Patients to Have Neurotoxicity
Descriptive statistics will be used to characterize the number neurotoxicities reported based on telemedicine visits.
Time frame: 3 years
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