Clinical trial · Interventional
Rehabilitation Including Social Activity and Education in Children and Teenagers With Cancer
NCT01772849CI-TRIAL-00009365RESPECT-EDUunknownN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether early rehabilitation intervention including educational and social activities with a class mate at two weeks intervals at the ped.onc. center will increase children with cancer's level of education performance.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Cancer | Childhood Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- description
- The intervention components includes (real time sequence): An educational session where the child is educated on his/her cancer disease An education session in the child's school where the child´s teachers, classmates and their parents are educated on the child´s cancer disease. Appointment of two classmates as "ambassadors" Continued individualized education at the hospital school or at home that parallels/copies the educational curriculum in the child regular school At two weks intervals joined education, physical (separate study) and social activity days at the hospital with together with one of the ambassadors
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Intervention group
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard educational programme
- description
- The children receive the standard of care with respect to education this include education in the hospitals school or at home without a class mate and no specific activity to secure continuous linkage with community school and class mates
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 6 Years
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Children diagnosed with cancer and treated at the pediatric oncology units in Denmark (Rigshospitalet, Odense University hospital, Aarhus University Hospital and Aalborg University Hospital) Children diagnosed with non-malignant diseases treated with surgery, chemotherapy or irradiation similar to cancer (e.g. benign CNS tumors, langerhans cell histiocytosis, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)) and treated at the pediatric oncology units in Denmark (Rigshospitalet, Odense University hospital, Aarhus University hospital and Aalborg University Hospital). Attend school at the time of diagnosis Able to communicate in Danish Exclusion Criteria: * Mental retardation at the time of diagnosis (including Down syndrome). Terminal illness at the time of diagnoses. Severe co-morbidity.
References
Publications (3)
- DERIVEDNielsen MKF, Christensen JF, Frandsen TL, Thorsteinsson T, Andersen LB, Christensen KB, Wehner PS, Hasle H, Adamsen LO, Schmiegelow K, Larsen HB. Effects of a physical activity program from diagnosis on cardiorespiratory fitness in children with cancer: a national non-randomized controlled trial. BMC Med. 2020 Jul 6;18(1):175. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01634-6. PMID 32624004
- DERIVEDLindgren LH, Schmiegelow K, Helms AS, Thorsteinsson T, Larsen HB. In sickness and in health: classmates are highly motivated to provide in-hospital support during childhood cancer therapy. Psychooncology. 2017 Jan;26(1):37-43. doi: 10.1002/pon.4094. Epub 2016 Feb 12. PMID 26872002
- DERIVEDThorsteinsson T, Helms AS, Adamsen L, Andersen LB, Andersen KV, Christensen KB, Hasle H, Heilmann C, Hejgaard N, Johansen C, Madsen M, Madsen SA, Simovska V, Strange B, Thing LF, Wehner PS, Schmiegelow K, Larsen HB. Study protocol: Rehabilitation including Social and Physical activity and Education in Children and Teenagers with Cancer (RESPECT). BMC Cancer. 2013 Nov 14;13:544. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-544. PMID 24229362