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Writing Intervention With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

NCT05975333 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2026-05-08

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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.

Conditions

  • Cancer Patients
  • Communication Research

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Writing

Participants will be asked to write about their experiences with cancer, guided by several specific open-ended writing prompts to spark ideas.

BEHAVIORAL

Interview

Following completion of the writing exercise, participants will reflect on their experiences with the writing intervention in a semi-structured private interview with a member of the research team.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Erica Kaye, MD · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-02
Primary Completion
2024-05-17
Completion
2027-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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