Standardized Documentation and Assessments for Polycythemia Vera: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital

About this trial

The purpose of this quality improvement initiative is to explore whether an electronic medical records-based templated progress note for polycythemia vera (PV) in addition to a standard-of-care pharmacist-collaborative ropeginterferon alfa-2b titration service is feasible, acceptable, and appropriate for clinicians who manage PV.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Clinicians who do not have an outpatient hematology or medical oncology clinic within Mass General Brigham.

Clinicians who do not utilize the EPIC electronic medical record (EMR) System as their method of patient progress note documentation.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Standardized progress note

    Behavioral

    Pilot intervention will include a standardized progress note for PV patient visits in addition to a standard-of-care opt-in for pharmacist-led titration for patients on ropeginterferon alfa-2b.

Treatment groups

32 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Standardized note with standard-of-care pharmacist supportExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Feasibility of intervention

Number of participants that are eligible who enroll in this initiative and rating of feasibility by a single question on a 5-point Likert scale with score \>3 indicating higher feasibility

Time frame
12 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Acceptibility of intervention

Acceptability measured by a single question on a 5-point Likert scale with score \>3 indicating higher acceptability.

Time frame
12 months
2

Appropriateness of intervention

Appropriateness measured by a single question on a 5-point Likert scale with score \>3 indicating higher appropriateness.

Time frame
12 months

Other outcomes

1

Rate of progress note use

Rate of progress note use per total number of PV patient visits over 12 month study period.

Time frame
12 months
2

Rate of symptoms documentation

Rate of symptom documentation per total number of PV patient visits

Time frame
12 months
3

Rate of cytoreductive therapy change or initiation

Rate of cytoreductive therapy change or initiation by clinician per total number of PV patients who are eligible for a therapy change or initiation.

Time frame
12 months
4

Rate of referrals or second opinion consultations with a leukemia specialist

Rate of referrals or second opinion consultations with a leukemia specialist per total number of PV patients evaluated over study period

Time frame
12 months

Locations

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