Effects of Early Palliative Care Integration on Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Early PC Integration - Participants will meet with a member of the outpatient PC team, which consists of board-certified PC physicians, advance practice providers and nurse care coordinators, within three weeks of enrollment. Participants will be scheduled to meet with a PC provider at least once per month. Additional visits may be scheduled at the discretion of participants, oncologists or PC providers. All participants will receive routine oncologic care throughout the study period.

FACT-MM questionnaires will be administered by a research coordinator upon enrollment and at four time points from the date of enrollment: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months. All questionnaires will be administered in handwritten paper-based form, and while patients are in clinic. There is a +/- two-week window for completion of questionnaires to accommodate patient schedules. The assessment battery takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.

HADS questionnaires will be administered by a research coordinator upon enrollment and at four time points from the date of enrollment: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months. All questionnaires will be administered in handwritten paper-based form, and while patients are in clinic. There is a +/- two-week window for completion of questionnaires to accommodate patient schedules. The assessment battery takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.