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Educational and Skills Training Program for Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Have Neurobehavioral Dysfunction

NCT00713505 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2010-10-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: An educational and skills training program for the parent of a childhood cancer survivor with neurobehavioral dysfunction may help improve the child's school performance, thinking ability, and behavior.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying an educational and skills training program for parents of childhood cancer survivors who have neurobehavioral dysfunction.

Conditions

  • Cancer Survivor
  • Cognitive/Functional Effects
  • Leukemia
  • Long-term Effects Secondary to Cancer Therapy in Children
  • Lymphoma
  • Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention

Parents receive face-to-face training sessions with a therapist over approximately 2-3 months. Phone support/assistance is provided by the therapist within 2-3 days following each training session and then every 2 weeks for up to 6 months after completion of the training sessions.

PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Child participants and their families may access multidisciplinary psychosocial services (i.e., usual care).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • City of Hope Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sunita Patel, PhD · City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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