Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being in Individuals With Cancer and Their Caregivers: A Feasibility Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03272880
• Other study ID #: CASE14Z17
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 1, 2017
• Last updated: April 24, 2018
• Start date: September 25, 2017
• Est. completion date: April 13, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of arts-based programming on health, well-being, and resilience. Patients who have cancer or are the caregivers of someone with cancer are being asked to take part in this study.

Description:

Objective:

Primary:

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of arts-based programming for community-dwelling cancer survivors and caregivers. Feasibility and acceptability will be assessed based on:

1. Recruitment

2. Participation

3. Retention (drop-outs)

4. Satisfaction

Secondary:

To assess the participants' ability to:

1. Define goals and strategies using the contents of the program.

2. Implement the strategies in their daily activities in the short-term.

3. Continue to use these strategies after the program ends.

Exploratory:

To perform exploratory analyses on the impact of arts-based programming on health, resilience, and well-being.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 6
• Est. completion date: April 13, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 13, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to participate in all program sessions

• Cognitively able to consent to participate

• Speaks, reads, and writes English

• Diagnosis of cancer or caregiver of someone with cancer

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe visual or auditory impairment

• Severe and/or uncontrolled comorbidity precluding safe participation in a physical activity program

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Arts-Based Programming
This feasibility study includes educational components and an experiential components which are assessed with pre- and post-tests. The topics of these components include: Introduction to the Arts and Health; Music, Well-Being, and Resilience; Movement and Physical Activity; Art and Well-Being; Theater and Socialization; Art Appreciation and a Healthy Brain; and Summary/Integration of the Arts into Daily Lives. The impact of this program will be assessed with qualitative follow-up interviews.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center	Cleveland	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility: Number of participants recruited in the study	Study will be feasible if recruitment goal is met with 10-20 participants enrolled	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Primary	Feasibility: Average number of session attended by participants	Study will be feasible if average number of session attended will be greater than or equal to 4	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Primary	Percent of patients who drop out of study	Study will be feasible if no more than 25% of patients drop out of study	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Primary	Satisfaction Score	Satisfaction will be high in post-test surveys	Up to 8 weeks after beginning of study
Secondary	Qualitative Impact of arts-based programming on health	Impact of program on health described in phenomenological interviews	Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)
Secondary	Qualitative Impact of arts based programming on resilience	Impact of program on resilience described in phenomenological interviews	Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)
Secondary	Qualitative Impact of arts based programming on well-being	Impact of program on well-being described in phenomenological interviews	Up to 3 weeks after final session (11 weeks from beginning of study)