Status:
COMPLETED
Educational and Skills Training Program for Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Have Neurobehavioral Dysfunction
Lead Sponsor:
City of Hope Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Cancer Survivor
Cognitive/Functional Effects
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-16 years
Phase:
NA
Brief 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, ...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * To determine the feasibility of implementing an educational and skills training intervention for parents of a childhood cancer survivor with neurobehavioral dysfunction using face-to-fa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Childhood cancer survivor who received CNS-directed therapy (i.e., intrathecal chemotherapy and/or cranial radiotherapy) for leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- In remission AND completed treatment ≥ 3 months ago
- No brain tumors
- Enrolled in school and demonstrates a deficit (operationalized as at least one standard deviation below the age expected mean) on at least one objective test of attention or memory on baseline cognitive assessment screening AND has evidence of problems in learning and adaptive functioning
- Parent, teacher, or self-report of problems as measured by a T-score of ≥ 60 on the BRIEF or BASC or below average academic achievement scores
- Able to be tested in English using standardized cognitive and academic achievement tools
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Primary participating parent or caregiver fluent in English and lives with the child
- No known history of a major psychiatric condition (i.e., psychosis) that precludes study participation (child or participating parent or caregiver)
- No history of child developmental disability prior to cancer diagnosis
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
56 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00713505
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2010
Last Update
October 13 2010
Active Locations (1)
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City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000