Clinical trial · Interventional
Improving Quality of Life of Children With Cancer Through Psychosocial Screening
Improving Quality of Life of Children With Cancer Through Psychosocial Screening and Improved Communication in Health Care Providers
NCT02788604CI-TRIAL-00041090completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
In Canada, approximately 1450 children are diagnosed with cancer annually. Diagnosis of childhood cancer and its aggressive treatment can have devastating psychosocial effects on the whole family (e.g. unpleasant feelings or emotions that impact your daily activities). It is not known whether health care providers who treat these children use and value psychosocial tools or how beneficial the use of these tools is for these families. This research team will test the benefits of using psychosocial screening on the quality of life of treated children, parents and siblings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Summary of psychosocial risk factors | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental Group
- description
- Participants in this arm will have a summary of their family's psychosocial risk factors provided to the treatment team. This will occur twice: once shortly after diagnosis (within 2-4 weeks) and once approximately 6 months following diagnosis.
- interventionNames
- Other: Summary of psychosocial risk factors
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Group
- description
- Participants in this arm will NOT have a summary of their family's psychosocial risk factors provided to the treatment team shortly after diagnosis. However, the risk factors will be distributed to the treatment team 6 months following diagnosis.
- interventionNames
- Other: Control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 8 Years
- Maximum age
- 100 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Parents of children newly diagnosed with cancer, within 2 to 4 weeks post-diagnosis. * Siblings of children newly diagnosed with cancer, within 2-4 weeks post-diagnosis, between the ages of 8 years and 16 years, able to complete outcome measures, without a physical chronic condition. * Children with cancer, newly diagnosed, within 2 to 4 weeks post-diagnosis, between the ages of 8 and 16 years, able to complete outcome measures. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents of children not diagnosed with cancer. * Sibling of children not diagnosed with cancer * Children not diagnosed with cancer.
References
Publications (13)
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- BACKGROUNDKazak AE, Simms S, Rourke MT. Family systems practice in pediatric psychology. J Pediatr Psychol. 2002 Mar;27(2):133-43. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/27.2.133. PMID 11821497
- BACKGROUNDSawyer MG, Antoniou G, Toogood I, Rice M, Baghurst PA. A prospective study of the psychological adjustment of parents and families of children with cancer. J Paediatr Child Health. 1993 Oct;29(5):352-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1993.tb00533.x. PMID 8240863
- BACKGROUNDWijnberg-Williams BJ, Kamps WA, Klip EC, Hoekstra-Weebers JE. Psychological distress and the impact of social support on fathers and mothers of pediatric cancer patients: long-term prospective results. J Pediatr Psychol. 2006 Sep;31(8):785-92. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj087. Epub 2005 Oct 26. PMID 16251479
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- BACKGROUNDKupst MJ, Natta MB, Richardson CC, Schulman JL, Lavigne JV, Das L. Family coping with pediatric leukemia: ten years after treatment. J Pediatr Psychol. 1995 Oct;20(5):601-17. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/20.5.601. PMID 7500233
- BACKGROUNDBarrera M, D'Agostino NM, Gibson J, Gilbert T, Weksberg R, Malkin D. Predictors and mediators of psychological adjustment in mothers of children newly diagnosed with cancer. Psychooncology. 2004 Sep;13(9):630-41. doi: 10.1002/pon.765. PMID 15334531
- Kazak AE, Brier M, Alderfer MA, Reilly A, Fooks Parker S, Rogerwick S, Ditaranto S, Barakat LP. Screening for psychosocial risk in pediatric cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Nov;59(5):822-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24166. Epub 2012 Apr 10.