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Filter by:This study aims to explore the effects of Task-Oriented Training (TOT) on occupational performance, activities of daily living and fatigue of children in pediatric oncology clinic. Hypothesis: There is no effect of TOT on occupational performance and satisfaction in children with childhood cancer. There is no effect of TOT on functional independence in daily living activities in children with childhood cancer. There is no effect of TOT on fatigue levels in children with childhood cancer.
Participants are being asked to take part in this clinical trial, a type of research study, because investigators want to learn more about the social experiences adolescents and young adults who are being treated or have been treated for cancer. Primary Objectives - Describe differences in social experience variables (peer connectedness, perceived social competence, parent versus peer attachment) based on treatment status: on versus off therapy. - In on-therapy patients, describe differences in social experience variables (peer connectedness, perceived social competence, parent versus peer attachment) based on developmental stage: high school versus post-high school. Secondary Objectives - Assess the social support and peer interaction needs of AYA with cancer as a means of determining stakeholder interest and need for psychosocial interventions targeting social experiences. - Using qualitative interviews, explore patient perceptions of the impact of cancer on social experiences among AYA, particularly with regards to changes in friendships as a result of the cancer diagnosis and the role of the hospital in helping or hindering friendship maintenance/development. Exploratory Objectives - Explore differences in social experience by demographic, disease and treatment factors, including: gender, diagnostic category (brain tumor, leukemia/lymphoma, solid tumor), late effects/symptom burden, and treatment (e.g., treatment intensity, serious medical events). - Explore associations between perceived impact of cancer and social experience in AYA. - Explore associations between use of social media and social experience. - Explore associations between social experiences and overall functioning (quality of life, distress, coping). - Explore the possibility of subclasses of AYA by using person-centered analyses to empirically derive profiles of social experience.
The objective of the trial is to assess whether the TOOKIE vest is an effective intervention in reducing line fall out. All oncology patients with a tunneled central line will be approached to participate in this study. Following informed consent they will be issued with a TOOKIE vest.
There is evidence that survivors of childhood cancer have a high prevalence of poor sleep, including symptoms of insomnia. Insomnia is highly comorbid and has been associated with impaired cognitive performance, a range of psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular disease, and reduced quality of life. However, we still lack knowledge about the direct impact of available internet-based insomnia treatment programs for survivors of childhood cancer experiencing insomnia, in addition to how improving insomnia symptoms impacts neurocognitive function and late health morbidities in this population. Therefore, in this study, we will utilize the resources available in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) to use an accepted, established, efficacious internet-delivered CBTi insomnia treatment program and evaluate the efficacy of this program in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Positive results from this study and our use of an internet-based intervention are likely generalizable and be scalable to the large and geographically diverse population of childhood cancer survivors with chronic health conditions. Primary Objective To examine the efficacy of an eHealth intervention for improving symptoms of insomnia among adult survivors of childhood cancer. Secondary Objectives To examine the impact of an eHealth intervention for insomnia on the clinical severity of insomnia symptoms in adult survivors of childhood cancer. To determine whether treatment of insomnia symptoms will improve neurocognitive function in adult survivors of childhood cancer with both insomnia and neurocognitive impairment. To explore the mediating effects of improved neurocognitive function, emotional distress, and cardiovascular health on the association between insomnia symptoms and quality of life.
The Aftercare of Childhood Cancer Survivors in Switzerland (ACCS) study is a multicenter cohort study designed to investigate transition of follow-up care from pediatric oncology to adult care in a prospective and longitudinal way. The investigators collect data on preferences and expectations for follow-up care and transition to adult care by questionnaires in adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer.
The goal of this prospective comparative interventional cohort study is to assess the fertility status of young adult men (≥18 years) who received gonadotoxic treatment during childhood for the treatment of cancer or hematological disorders. These treatment protocols are highly gonadotoxic (i.e. they may cause later fertility problems) and therefore these patients have been proposed to store some testicular tissue during childhood as an option to preserve their fertility. The main questions this study aims to answer are (1) the impact of the received gonadotoxic treatment on the later fertility status and (2) the additional impact of a testicular biopsy procedure (performed at a young age to harvest testicular tissue for storage) on the future fertility. Participants will be asked to undergo a physical examination by a fertility specialist, to undergo a scrotal ultrasound, to give a blood sample, and to provide a semen sample. Researchers will compare the patients' fertility status between the different received gonadotoxic treatment protocols, between patients who underwent a testicular biopsy procedure at a young age and those who did not, and compare the patients' fertility status with the reproductive health of spontaneously conceived young adults.
Aim of this study is to investigate the influence of social factors on participation and activity among children and adolescents aged 10-18 years with leukemia, brain tumors, and sarcomas. Furthermore personal and treatment-related factors and their impact on participation will be explored
This is a qualitative research study involving semistructured interviews and Think-Aloud methodology during completion of a clinical screening tool. All participants will undergo the same semistructured interviews.
Early microRNAs (miRs) and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR)-derived strain analysis and detection of genes contributing to Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity (AIC) sensitivity and resistance will identify pediatric cancer patients most and least likely to develop AIC.
Children treated with intensive chemotherapy are at increased risk for life-threatening infections (sepsis). As the survival of oncology patients increased with the use of aggressive treatment protocols, there was also an increase in the need for hospitalization in intensive care units (ICU) due to sepsis.Several prognostic factors are known to affect the survival of these patients, including the number and type of damaged systems, the type of oncology disease and the duration of neutropenia. With the development of the treatment of ICU, the survival of the oncology patients hospitalized for sepsis has also increased. We will collect demographic details, details of their oncology and infections, laboratory tests and imaging. The goal is to identify prognostic factors in oncologic children hospitalized in ICU due to sepsis, as well as clinical and laboratory parameters that characterize this group of patients.