A Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve the Health of Older Adults With Blood Cancers After Stem Cell Transplantation

This clinical trial studies the usefulness and process of a multidisciplinary intervention, where patients see multiple healthcare professionals, aimed at improving fitness and the ability to bounce back after transplant for older adults with blood cancers planned for stem cell transplantation. Using a multidisciplinary team approach may increase patients' ability to withstand the transplant by optimizing health to better prepare patients for the expected complications after stem cell transplantation.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Evaluate the feasibility of delivering a geriatric assessment guided by a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) intervention before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in older patients. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Establish successful dose intensity of resiliency bolstering. II. Describe HCT utilization among enrolled patients. III. Create a standardized and exportable library of MDT-facilitated interventions. IV. Estimate the benefit derived from the MDT approach compared to historic controls for day +100 outcomes of falls, delirium and functional decline. V. Quantify early functionally independent survival (FIS) to estimate HCT-associated health span decline. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. Characterize reasons patients do not undergo HCT after MDT intervention. II. Associate early FIS with 1-year non-relapse mortality (NRM) and overall survival (OS). III. Integrate virtual assessment and interventions. IV. Correlate image defined sarcopenia with objective function. V. Biobank blood and stool for future studies of accelerated aging. OUTLINE: Patients participate in the MDT-intervention including access to a HCT physician, a geriatrician, physical or occupational therapist, dietician, and a social worker for three months before HCT and up to 100 days after HCT. After completion of study, patients are followed up for up to 1 year.