Cancer Parenting Program for the Enhancement of the Quality of Life of Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Children
Purpose
This trial examines the usefulness of two educational programs for parents with late-stage cancer who have a 5 - 17 year old child. The programs are designed to enhance the quality of the parent-child relationship and add to the parent's confidence in managing the impact of their cancer on their child. Educational programs may reduce anxiety and depression and improve the well-being and quality of life of parents with advanced cancers and their children. Recruitment occurs nationally via referral to the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium team.
Conditions
- Parenting
- Parent-Child Relations
- Cancer
- Survivorship
- Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm
- Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Between 23 Years and 68 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Parents with any type of late-stage, non-curable cancer (determined by TNM stage IV cancer for solid tumors or 2 or more cycles of treatment failure with disease relapse in non-solid tumors) - All therapies are allowable - 23 years (yr.) to 68 yr. Age restriction exists for the patient based on parent having a child ages 5-17 - Patient must have a child (5yr. -17 yr.) living in the home at least 50% of the time and residential with non-ill parent or parent surrogate - Read and write English as one of their languages of choice - Have access to a telephone - Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Read and write English as one of their languages of choice
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient is in hospice at time of enrollment - Non-ill co-parent does not consent to join study
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Intervention Model Description
- 2-group randomized control trial: experimental and alternative treatment control group
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
- Masking Description
- Only biostatistician will be unmasked.
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Group I (enhancing connections-palliative care program) |
Patients receive the 5-session EC-PC program bi-weekly with a patient educator about ways to help them talk to and support their child. |
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Active Comparator Group II (educational material) |
Patients receive carefully selected educational booklet that discuss ways to talk about their cancer with their child and a scripted phone call from a trained phone counselor on study. |
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Recruiting Locations
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Detailed Description
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I (ENHANCING CONNECTIONS-PALLIATIVE CARE [EC-PC] PROGRAM): Patients receive the 5-session EC-PC program bi-weekly with a patient educator about ways to help them talk to and support their child. GROUP II (CONTROL): Patients receive carefully selected educational booklet that discuss ways to talk about their cancer with their child and a scripted phone call from a trained phone counselor on study.