Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of Digital Stories Intervention on Psychosocial Well-being
Effects of Digital Stories Intervention on Psychosocial Well-being for Cancer Patients and Caregivers Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- 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)
Patients and caregivers undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation often continue to experience anxiety, depression, isolation, and other psychosocial distress. A narrative-based digital stories intervention has shown promise in a pilot study with breast cancer patients in helping to alleviate emotional distress. This study is designed to test digital stories to be viewed and discussed by other HCT patients/caregivers as a psychosocial intervention in a randomized controlled trial and to test the effects of digital stories on how 110 patient and caregiver dyads (N=220) undergoing one of the most rigorous and aggressive treatments cope with treatment-related distress through supportive open dyadic communication and emotional expression.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Bone Marrow Transplant | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Information Disclosure | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Narrative | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Psychosocial Health | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Stress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline Surveys | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Digital Stories Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Information Control Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Baseline and Digital Stories (DS) for patients
- description
- In-person baseline surveys using the web-based data collection platform, Research Electronic Data Capture before the random assignment to DS arm. Eight Digital Stories Intervention (4 patient and 4 caregiver stories about hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) over the course of 4 weeks (2 videos per week) with a weekly email notification and reminder phone call. Each story was made with voice, images, and sound (3-5 minutes each).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Baseline Surveys
- Behavioral: Digital Stories Intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Baseline and Information Control (IC) for patients
- description
- In-person baseline surveys using the web-based data collection platform, Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) before the random assignment to IC arm. Eight Information Control Intervention videos containing only information about post-HCT care (as opposed to story/narrative) over the course of 4 weeks (2 videos per week) with a weekly email notification and reminder phone call.
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Patient Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 or older * recently underwent Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) (within a month after hospital discharge) * must be able to speak, read, and write in English * access to a working phone and e-mail account Patient Exclusion Criteria: * no primary caregiver * cognitive impairment that prohibits completion of study assessment * visual or hearing impairment * other (e.g., provider non-approval or logistical constraints such as patient moving out of town) Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 or older * family caregivers who are identified as a primary caregiver by a patient * have primary responsibility for the care of patients throughout the HCT process * Must be able to speak, read, and write in English * Access to a working phone and e-mail account
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