Clinical trial · Interventional
Enhancing Coping and Communication in Children With Cancer and Their Parents
Enhancing Coping and Communication in Children With Cancer and Their Parents: A Novel Internet Intervention
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Recruitment of participants was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the funding for the study ended before the targeted enrollment could be completed.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Childhood cancer patients and their parents are faced with significant stress at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and over the course of recovery. The stress of cancer and its treatment can lead to significant emotional distress for many families. However, most families do not have access to programs that offer support for coping with cancer-related stress. The proposed work will address this gap by testing of the possible benefits of a novel internet delivered program to support children with cancer and their parents in coping with and communicating about a child's cancer. The research team includes experts from Vanderbilt University and Nationwide Children's Hospital with experience in pediatric oncology; stress, coping, and family communication in pediatric cancer; internet interventions in pediatric populations; and family-focused interventions to build coping and parenting skills. The study will test the effects of this program in 150 families of children with newly diagnosed cancer on reducing emotional distress up to 12 months after participation in the program. This project has the potential to lead to an evidence-based program to improve quality of life and resilience in children with cancer and their parents that can be easily and widely disseminated.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric Cancer | Childhood Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Program to Support Coping and Communication in Families | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Early Intervention
- description
- Families will receive the online program to support coping and communication near the time of a child's cancer diagnosis
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Online Program to Support Coping and Communication in Families
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Delayed Intervention
- description
- Families will receive the online program to support coping and communication approximately 6 months after a child's cancer diagnosis
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Online Program to Support Coping and Communication in Families
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in Total Behavior Problems on the Child Behavior Checklist from baseline to 6 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 10 Years
- Maximum age
- 17 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Child from ages 10 to 17 years old who has been diagnosed with cancer Exclusion Criteria: * Significant intellectual disability that would interfere with completing the online program
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