Parenting Support Intervention for Families Coping With Metastatic or Locally Recurrent Solid Tumor Diagnosis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center
About this trial
This clinical trial examines the acceptability and effect of a parenting support intervention for families coping with solid tumor that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) or has come back (recurrent). Parenting support program may help to reduce common parenting concerns, improve communication between parents and children about cancer, and improve the overall psychological wellbeing of parents.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Participants must (1) be diagnosed with a metastatic or locally recurrent solid malignant tumor and on active treatment; (2) be at least 18 years old; (3) have at least one dependent child between the ages of 4 and 16 and currently living with the parent; (4) be able to provide informed consent and (5) have a spousal caregiver over the age of 18 who co-parents the child(ren) (i.e. share custody) and is willing and able to consent to participate.*
Disqualifiers
Participants and caregivers who do not read and speak English and who do not have access to the internet.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Best Practice
- Educational Intervention
- Questionnaire Administration
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov