Clinical trial · Interventional
A Nurse Led Project to Introduce Hand Lettering as a Form of Creative Art Expression to Patients in an Ambulatory Oncology Setting
NCT03291730CI-TRIAL-00035994completedN/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 investigators are conducting a project to provide a new type of resource called "hand lettering" to patients receiving chemotherapy. This is a type of art therapy. The goal of this project is to understand if it is feasible to use art-therapy and to describe anxiety before and after completing hand-lettering.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art-therapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Breathing and journaling exercise | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Hand Lettering
- description
- * The participant will engage in art-therapy by tracing and coloring a detailed letter or word * Participants will also be guided through a relaxation breathing and journaling exercise that can be incorporated into the art activity.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Breathing and journaling exercise
- Other: Art-therapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Evaluate the feasibility of implementing nurse-led hand-lettering in an ambulatory infusion setting
- timeFrame
- 2 years
- description
- Feasibility will be defined through enrollment and completion rates.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Describe patient self-reported anxiety before and after utilizing hand-lettering
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (\>age 18) with a cancer diagnosis receiving oral or IV chemotherapy at Dana-Farber on Yawkey 10. * Able to read and speak English * Has a minimum appointment time of 60 minutes Exclusion Criteria: -Individuals with visual impairment or blindness will be excluded
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