Clinical trial · Interventional
Telephone-Based Educational Intervention in Improving Communication Between Patients With Stage 0-III Cancer and Their Children
Enhancing Connections Telephone Program: A Cancer Education Program for Parents
NCT02129049CI-TRIAL-00021263completedN/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)
This pilot clinical trial studies the feasibility of a telephone-based educational intervention in improving communication between patients with stage 0-III cancer and their children. An educational program delivered by telephone may help parents talk with their school-age child about their cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (8)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cervical Cancer | Malignant Cervical Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Colon Cancer | Malignant Colon Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Lymphoma | Lymphoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Rectal Cancer | Malignant Rectal Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| educational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| telephone-based intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive care (Enhancing Connections Telephone Program)
- description
- See Detailed Description.
- interventionNames
- Other: educational intervention
- Behavioral: telephone-based intervention
- Other: questionnaire administration
Primary outcomes (9)
- measure
- Recruitment and retention, monitored by tracking detailed recruitment spreadsheets
- timeFrame
- Up to 3 months
- description
- Each referral source and method of referral will be monitored, including documenting reason for refusal. Four methods of recruitment will be monitored in order to know which method yields the highest enrollment: self-referral, provider referral, passive letter opt-in, and passive letter opt-out.
- measure
- Dosage and fidelity, monitored for each intervention session using Performance Checklists
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Parents will be eligible if they have an initial diagnosis of non-metastatic cancer of any type (stage 0-3), including melanoma, colorectal, cervical, leukemia, lymphoma or breast cancer within the past 7 months * Read and write English among their languages of choice * Have ready access to a telephone * Have a child 5-12 years old living at home who has been told their parent's cancer diagnosis * The child is living at home and does not have learning challenges * No prior malignancy is allowed except for adequately treated basal (or squamous cell) skin cancer
References
Publications (0)
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