Structured Personalized Oxygen and Supportive Therapies for Dyspnea in Oncology
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: SPOT-ON Early Start, SPOT-ON Delayed Start.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Dyspnea. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
To learn about the effect of Structured Personalized Oxygen and Supportive Therapies for Dyspnea in Oncology (SPOT-ON) treatment on the severity of shortness of breath in patients with cancer.
Detailed description
Primary Objectives:
1. To determine the effect of SPOT-ON and Enhanced Usual Care on the change in intensity of dyspnea (NRS) between baseline and 24 h in hypoxemic hospitalized patients with cancer. 2. To determine the effect of SPOT-ON and Enhanced Usual Care on the change in intensity of dyspnea (NRS) between baseline and 24 h in non-hypoxemic hospitalized patients with cancer.
Secondary Objectives:
1. To determine the effect of SPOT-ON and Enhanced Usual Care on patient outcomes over 72 h, including intensity of dyspnea (NRS), unpleasantness of dyspnea (NRS), dyspnea response, ital signs, symptom burden, health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L), adverse events, patterns of device use, and hospital outcomes. 2. To identify factors associated with dyspnea response in the SPOT-ON intervention, including patient demographics, preferences, and level of usage of oxygen delivery modalities. 3. To identify patient factors associated with their preferences (after Phase II and Phase III) for each of the oxygen delivery modalities in the SPOT-ON intervention, such as patient demographics and dyspnea characteristics.
Interventions
- Behavioral SPOT-ON Early Start
Participants will start treatment within 3 days of enrollment, which may include: receiving information on breathing techniques, relaxation techniques, posture techniques, and distraction techniques, and/or trying different oxygen-based therapies, such as high-flow nasal cannula, low-flow supplemental oxygen, and non-invasive ventilation with a respiratory therapist. - Behavioral SPOT-ON Delayed Start
Participants will start treatment within 3 days of enrollment, which may include: receiving information on breathing techniques, relaxation techniques, posture techniques, and distraction techniques, and/or trying different oxygen-based therapies, such as high-flow nasal cannula, low-flow supplemental oxygen, and non-invasive ventilation with a respiratory therapist.
Primary outcome measures
- Primary Outcome Measure: 1.Safety and adverse events (AEs) [Time frame: [Time Frame: Through study completion; an average of 1 year.]]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of cancer
- Age 18 or older.
- Admitted to a medical floor.
- Dyspnea intensity at rest of at least 4 on a 0-10-point NRS (where 0 = none, 10 = worst).
- Speak English or Spanish.
Exclusion criteria
- Hemodynamic instability requiring active Merit Team or ICU team involvement.
- Delirium as per clinical team's assessment in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
- Severe hypoxemia (SpO2 < 90% despite supplemental oxygen of up to 6 L/min).
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) use for obstructive sleep apnea, actively using >10 hours a day.
- Respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation (i.e., HFNC or NIV), and planned thoracentesis within 72 hours of enrollment.
- Patients with known pregnancy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston
Publications
- Hui D, Kim MJ, Thomas S, Sachdev G, Shete S, Rathi N, Hensch N, De La Cruz V, Ontai A, Mahler DA, Li J, Bruera E. Structured Personalized Oxygen and Supportive Therapies for Dyspnea in Oncology (SPOT-ON): A personalized randomized clinical trial protocol. PLoS One. 2025 Dec 2;20(12):e0336691. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336691. eCollection 2025. PMID 41329762
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06336642 · 2023-0933 · NCI-2024-02452