Writing Intervention With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Cancer Patients Clinical Trial

Official title: ChronCan (Chronicling Cancer): Piloting a Novel Writing Intervention With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Young people with cancer have difficult experiences and writing exercises may help improve their well-being. However, very few studies have examined how a creative writing activity might be useful for young people with cancer. In this pilot study, researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital hope to explore whether teenagers and young adults with cancer want to participate in a writing exercise and whether they find it to be valuable.

Primary Objective

To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a writing-based narrative medicine intervention for adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.

Clinical Trial Description

Participants will be given the opportunity to write about their experiences with cancer, with support and guidance from an expert writer. Participants will meet briefly with the expert at the start of the exercise (15-30 minutes), and they can choose to meet 1-3 additional times with the expert over the next 2 months to receive further support if they wish.

After completing the writing exercise, participants will do an informal interview to share their thoughts about whether the experience of writing felt helpful or not. The post-intervention interview will occur at around 2 months after enrollment, +/- 1 month. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer Patients
• Communication Research

• NCT number: NCT05975333
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Contact: Trisha K. Paul, MD
• Phone: 866-278-5833
• Email: referralinfo@stjude.org
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2, 2023
• Completion date: August 2024