Video Support Program For Families With a Parent Newly Diagnosed With Cancer
- Conditions
- Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
- Registration Number
- NCT00020553
- Lead Sponsor
- Inflexxion, Inc.
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: A videotape support program may help families improve communication and coping skills when a parent is diagnosed with cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized trial to study the effectiveness of a video support program for families who have a parent who has been newly diagnosed with cancer.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine if families who participate in a video support program function better as a family in the areas of communication, togetherness, and overall increased ability to cope when a parent is newly diagnosed with cancer. II. Determine if participation in this program decreases stress-related illness in the well members of the family. III. Determine the safety of this program. IV. Determine patient/family and medical provider satisfaction with this program.
OUTLINE: This a randomized study. Adult parent participants and spouses undergo a baseline assessment over approximately 1 hour comprising completion of a self-assessment form followed by an interview. Families are then randomized to one of two arms. Arm I: Adult parent participants receive a video support program comprising 3 videotapes (parent tape, adolescent tape, and child tape) and a parent guidebook. The parents are encouraged to screen the videotapes and decide whether to have their child and/or adolescent view the program. Arm II: Adult parent participants receive no video support material. Families may view the video program after study completion. Adult parent participants in both arms complete follow-up assessments at 6 and 12 weeks. This clinical trial is being conducted at the locations listed below. If you are interested in this clinical trial but unable to visit these locations, please call #1-800-848-3895 ext. 226 and ask for more information about the We Can Cope study.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 230 families will be accrued for this study.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (5)
Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders
🇺🇸Scarborough, Maine, United States
Buddy Kemp Caring House
🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Baylor University Medical Center
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Inflexxion
🇺🇸Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Bronx, New York, United States