Comic Art Creation as Supportive Care in Cancer Patients and Caregivers

NCT03067766 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 16251NCI-2017-00287
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 8
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies how well comic art creation works as supportive care in cancer patients and caregivers. Participating in a comic art creation workshop may help patients and their family members or friends share their medical experience through storytelling and drawings in a way that can, but does not have to, reflect the real world. It may also help improve emotional wellbeing and communication in cancer patients and caregivers.

Conditions

Caregiver; Malignant Neoplasm

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of the comic art creation workshop defined as participant completion and psychosocial value of the comic art

  The project will be considered feasible if most of the participants complete the study and consider the comic art to have personal meaning, and if an initial power calculation indicates that a sufficiently powered randomized controlled trial is possible given the resources of the study team. It is anticipated that the psychosocial value of the art will be largely derived from the internal creation process and further assessment of the artistic products will not be conducted.

  Up to 1.5 years

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in anxiety and depression as measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire

  Baseline to up to 6 weeks post-workshop

• Change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) as measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30

  Baseline to up to 6 weeks post-workshop

Study Arms (2)

Workshop A (10 weeks - comic art creation workshop)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients and a family member, caretaker, or friend participate in an artist-led comic art therapy workshop over 2 hours once a week for 10 weeks. Patients and participants receive a range of assignments that focus on creative art and experimentation with materials and storytelling in order to make a series of small handmade books that relate directly or indirectly to their experience with cancer. Patients undergo a qualitative interview over approximately 45 minutes and complete validated questionnaires within 4 weeks prior to the workshop and midway through the workshop.

Procedure: Art Therapy; Other: Interview; Procedure: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Other: Questionnaire Administration

Workshop B and C (5 weeks - comic art creation workshop)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients participate in an artist-led comic art therapy workshop over 3 hours once a week for 5 weeks. Patients receive a range of assignments that focus on creative art and experimentation with materials and storytelling in order to make a series of small handmade books that relate directly or indirectly to their experience with cancer. Patients undergo a qualitative interview over approximately 45 minutes and complete validated questionnaires within 4 weeks prior to the workshop.

Procedure: Art Therapy; Other: Interview; Procedure: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Other: Questionnaire Administration

Interventions

Art Therapy PROCEDURE

Participate in a comic art creation workshop

Workshop A (10 weeks - comic art creation workshop); Workshop B and C (5 weeks - comic art creation workshop)

Interview OTHER

Undergo qualitative interviews

Workshop A (10 weeks - comic art creation workshop); Workshop B and C (5 weeks - comic art creation workshop)

Quality-of-Life Assessment PROCEDURE

Ancillary studies

Also known as: Quality of Life Assessment

Workshop A (10 weeks - comic art creation workshop); Workshop B and C (5 weeks - comic art creation workshop)

Questionnaire Administration OTHER

Ancillary studies

Workshop A (10 weeks - comic art creation workshop); Workshop B and C (5 weeks - comic art creation workshop)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Documented written informed consent of the participant
• Workshop A (2017 - 10 weeks- City of Hope)
• Either one of the following:
• City of Hope (COH) cancer patient (all types and at any time point of their disease) OR
• Caretaker/friend family member of the cancer patient
• Workshops B and C (2018 - 5 weeks - City of Hope)
• Cancer patients (all types and at any time point in their disease)
• Note: documentation to confirm this eligibility criteria will not be requested; self-reporting as a cancer patient will be considered adequate
• Ability read and speak English
• Willingness and ability to complete the entire workshop, including the interviews and questionnaires (there is no predetermined qualification with regard to the ability to hold an artist tool; accommodations and creative solutions will be made to facilitate participation)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• City of Hope Medical Center: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

City of Hope Medical Center

Duarte, California, 91010, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Interventions

Art Therapy; Interviews as Topic

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensory Art Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Jaroslava Salman, MD

  City of Hope Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2017
• First Posted: March 1, 2017
• Study Start: August 24, 2017
• Primary Completion: February 8, 2019
• Study Completion: February 8, 2019
• Last Updated: May 13, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-05

Locations

US (1)