Clinical trial · Interventional
CREATE: Art for Children With Cancer
CREATE: Clinical Research Examining the Arts as Targeted Elements in Childhood Cancer Care
- 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 clinical trial is being done to develop and test how well creative arts interventions (drawing, painting, making sculptures) compared to watching videos can affect symptoms and impact the quality of life in children with cancer. Creative arts mind-body interventions (CrA) are one type of complementary health interventions which have been associated with improved quality of life and reduced symptom burden among children with cancer. CrA is an ideal intervention for children with cancer due to the long hours spent in the hospital setting for treatments, the creativity and developmental focus of children, and their potential ability to communicate more easily through art than words. Researchers want to develop and test a CrA intervention to help improve symptoms and the quality of life of children with cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Malignant Solid Neoplasm | Malignant Solid Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Discussion | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Media Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Phase I (focus group)
- description
- Patients participate in focus groups to develop CrA intervention on study.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Discussion
- Other: Survey Administration
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Phase II arm I (CrA)
- description
- Patients participate in CrA interventions comprising drawing, painting, and making sculptures with a trained artist for 30 minutes once a week for 4 sessions over 12 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Art Therapy
- Other: Survey Administration
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 8 Years
- Maximum age
- 13 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 8 to 13 years of age * Have been diagnosed with cancer of any type in the prior 12 months * Be English literate (we will amend this criterium when the study surveys are validated in Spanish). Parent/caregiver of child participant may be Spanish speaking * Physically and cognitively able to participate in creative arts * Expected to receive enough treatment at local site to participate in all four intervention sessions Exclusion Criteria: * Not English literate * Otherwise unable to complete study procedures
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