Clinical trial · Interventional
Decision Support Intervention of Minor Cancer Patients and Their Parents
Effectiveness Evaluation on the Decision Preferences and Decision Support Intervention of Minor Cancer Patients and Their Parents
- 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 purpose of this stuidy are: (1) to explore the information needs of parents having children with cancer when making treatment decisions; (2) to develop a Taiwan version of the Control Preferences Scale for decision support aids; (3) to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of involving minor cancer patients and their parents in treatment decision-making.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent Health | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Decision Aids | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Decision Making ,Shared | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Parents of Children With Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pediatric Cancer | Childhood Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decision-making information aids | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Routine care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Decision-making information aids
- interventionNames
- Other: Decision-making information aids
- type
- SHAM_COMPARATOR
- label
- Routine care
- interventionNames
- Other: Routine care
Primary outcomes (7)
- measure
- Exploring decision-making preferences among parents and minor using the Control Preferences Scale (CPS)
- timeFrame
- baseline and 1.3.6 months
- description
- The CPS is a method for assessing individual preferences in medical decision-making roles, consisting of five options that represent five different roles. (A) I prefer to make the decision about which treatment I will receive, (B) I prefer to make the final decision about my treatment after seriously considering my doctor's opinion, (C) I prefer that my doctor and I share responsibility for deciding which treatment is best for me, (D) I prefer that my doctor makes the final decision about which treatment will be used, but seriously considers my opinion, (E) I prefer to leave all decisions regarding treatment to my doctor. The five responses are classified into three categories representing active(A and B), collaborative (C) and passive (D and E) decision-making preference.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 7 Years
- Maximum age
- 20 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion Criteria for Parents: 1. Age over 20 years. 2. Child under 20 years old, diagnosed with cancer by a doctor. 3. their child know her/his cancer diagnosis. 4. Agree to have the child participate in family meeting and have ability to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese. * Inclusion Criteria for Minors: 1. Aged between 7 and 20 years, diagnosed with pediatrtic cancer. 2. Aware of their cancer diagnosis. 3. Able to express their thoughts to the researcher in Mandarin or Taiwanese. 4. Both the minor and their legal guardian consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosed with depression, and/or anxiety, and/or other mental disorders. 2. Legal guardian is unwilling to inform the minor of their diagnosis. 3. Minor is unwilling to share their thoughts with their parents.
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