Study to Education Childhood Cancer Survivors About Survivorship Care

NCT01742481 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: K23CA124451
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The proposed study is part of a career development award. The first two phases of research involve collaborating with adult survivors of childhood cancer representing both sexes and three ethnic/racial groups (African American, Hispanic, and White). THe collaboration will focus upon developing educational material that is helpful in teaching survivors about health risks related to cancer treatments and about survivorship care. The third phase is a randomized controlled trial that will randomly (like a flip of coin)place survivors into one of two groups. One group will meet in -person with a group leader three times, once each week over three weeks. The other group will receive an information packet that contains websites, books, and resources similar to content provided in-person within a group format to the other group. The goal is to help adult survivors get involved in specialized healthcare so they can remain healthy. This involves getting a copy of their medical record to understand what treatments they received and working with health providers to get an individualized survivorship care plan.

Conditions

Childhood Cancer

Keywords

childhood cancer survivors; long-term follow-up care; health communication; ethnic/racial minorities; longterm survivors

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• scheduling a survivorship visit

  Patient report of setting up an appointment at one of the three long-term follow-up clinics in Chicago or setting up an appointment with a physician who is working on a survivorship plan with the patient.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• requesting and obtaining medical records from pediatric oncology

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Education and empowerment program

EXPERIMENTAL

Three group sessions delivered once per week over three weeks. Education on late effects of treatment, survivorship care, how to request medical records, and role playing on how to talk to a provider about childhood cancer health risks

Behavioral: Education and empowerment

self-guided empowerment and education

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

participants have information packet but receive no individualized support or assistance

Behavioral: Education and empowerment

Interventions

Education and empowerment BEHAVIORAL

Three group sessions delivered once per week over three weeks. Education on late effects of treatment, survivorship care, how to request medical records, and role playing on how to talk to a provider about childhood cancer health risks

Education and empowerment program; self-guided empowerment and education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosed with any childhood cancer excluding CNS prior to age of 18 years
• Completed treatment at least 5 years ago
• Currently cancer free and 18 years or older
• Self-identifies as African American, Hispanic/Latino, or White

You may not qualify if:

• Ever seen for risk-based follow-up care as an adult (18 or older)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Illinois at Chicago: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60608, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 3, 2012
• First Posted: December 5, 2012
• Study Start: August 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2011
• Study Completion: November 1, 2012
• Last Updated: May 11, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

US (1)