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Study of the Physical and Emotional Needs of Parents Caring for Children Receiving Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

NCT00056069 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 172

Last updated 2015-05-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Studying the physical and emotional needs of parents who are caring for children receiving chemotherapy for cancer may help doctors plan effective treatments for the patient that allow for improved quality of life of the patient's family.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the different physical and emotional needs of parents whose children are undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia either in an outpatient clinic or in the hospital.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Participants complete questionnaires regarding caregiver demands and family information over 25-30 minutes within 3-4 months of the initiation of the child's treatment and at the completion of the first year of the child's treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Children's Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Diane Keegan Wells, RN, MSN, CPNP · University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Netherlands
  • Puerto Rico
  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

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