Burden of Cancer in Children: A Pilot Study to Investigate the Impact and Content of Video Illness Narratives

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Burden of Cancer in Children: A Pilot Study to Investigate the Impact and Content of Video Illness Narratives

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00793299
• Other study ID #: RSRB00025699
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 18, 2008
• Last updated: April 24, 2015
• Start date: November 2008
• Est. completion date: September 2009

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: University of Rochester
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In order to gain a greater understanding of the full experience of children with life-threatening illness, this study will provide video cameras to ten to fifteen 10-18 years olds in active treatment for cancer, and instruct them to make video illness narratives over the course of 1-3 months. The narratives will be studied as an intervention; each of the participants will be administered a measure of physical symptoms (the Memorial Symptom Assessment scale 10-18) and a measure of self-esteem (the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). The video narratives will also be analyzed for content by theme in order to understand the participants' experiences in their own words. Our hypothesis is that these narratives will provide insight into the lives of children with cancer, increase their self-esteem, and decrease symptom distress, and improve communication between patients and their doctors.

Description:

In addition to the above outcome measures:

The video narratives will also be analyzed for content by theme in order to understand the participants' experiences in their own words.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 11
• Est. completion date: September 2009
• Est. primary completion date: June 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 10 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with cancer

• Age 10-18

• In active treatment for cancer

• Followed at the Strong Memorial Hospital/Golisano Children's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-English Speaker

• Cognitively impaired so as to make data collection difficult

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Video Illness Narrative
video

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong	Rochester	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Rochester

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale		3 months	No
Secondary	Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale		3 mopnths	No