Family-Staff Communication Intervention at the Time of Difficult Treatment Decision Making
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interventional
401
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The primary aim of this single site study was to assess the feasibility of implementing a staff/parent communication intervention within 72 hours of the parents making an end-of-life decision on behalf of their child.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2004
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2007
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 6, 2008
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 22, 2009
CompletedApril 23, 2012
June 1, 2011
3.8 years
August 6, 2008
April 20, 2012
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
To assess the feasibility of delivering the two-part communication intervention. The definition of feasible is that 50% of all interventions are successfully implemented.
22 months
Study Arms (1)
1
OTHERInterventions
To include the PI, Nursing Research Specialist,Clinical Research Associate or Clinical Nurse Specialist
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Eligible parents/guardian can be enrolled only one time and will be:
- years of age and older.
- This study will enroll only parents/guardians who are 21 years of age and older. The investigators clinical experience is that when the parent/guardian is younger, additional adult members of the family are involved in the decision making and that asking a single person to identify him or herself as the primary parent/guardian creates difficulties for the family.
- As a result, no parent/guardian younger than age 21 will be enrolled in this study.
- English-speaking.
- Willing to give written consent to participate.
- The parents/guardians of a child with incurable cancer or a fatal cancer-related condition who is being treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- The parents/guardians who made an end-of-life decision on behalf of the seriously ill child within the previous 72-hours.
- Eligible staff can be enrolled more than one time and will be:
- English-speaking
- Willing to give written consent to participate
You may not qualify if:
- Parents/guardians who meet the above criteria but are identified by their attending or social support staff member (an assigned social worker or psychologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) as emotionally or mentally unable to participate in the informed consent process will not be approached about participating in the study.
- Parents who are identified by their attending or social support staff member as likely to find the study too burdensome because of their emotional or mental state.
- Parents who did not make the end-of-life decision (i.e., when the patient made the decision).
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States
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Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Pamela S Hinds, PhD, RN
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 6, 2008
First Posted
January 22, 2009
Study Start
January 1, 2004
Primary Completion
November 1, 2007
Last Updated
April 23, 2012
Record last verified: 2011-06