Status:

COMPLETED

Adolescent Loss: The Impact of Loss on Adolescent Oncology Patients

Lead Sponsor:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Conditions:

Adolescent Oncology Patients

Eligibility:

All Genders

13-21 years

Brief Summary

Teen loss is not uncommon. Depression, emptiness, disbelief, hopelessness, and guilt are typical responses. How teens with cancer cope with the loss of a loved one or a close friend has not been well-...

Detailed Description

All participants will asked to complete a bereavement questionnaire quantifying the losses they have experienced. All participants will be screened for depression/anxiety as well as life outlook using...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 13-21 inclusive at time of study enrollment
  • English speaking
  • Research participant carries a diagnosis of a malignancy (or serious non-malignant disorder requiring HSCT) \>12 months.
  • Research participant carries a diagnosis of a malignancy (or serious non-malignant disorder requiring HSCT) for \>6 months and \<12 months but has evidence of refractory/progressive disease.
  • Patients who have completed cancer-directed therapy \>36 months ago are not eligible. (Note: Allogenic transplant recipients will be considered "off-therapy" 1 year after HSCT.)
  • No known history of significant cognitive deficits (i.e. with major impairments) that would preclude completion of study measures; not meant to exclude research participants with mild learning problems.
  • Research participant and 1 parent willing to participate and provide consent/assent according to institutional guidelines. Parent may decline to participate in parental inventories, but consent to adolescent participation.

Exclusion

  • Less than 13-years of age at completion of therapy.
  • Patients on hospice who are without scheduled follow-up at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH)
  • "Observation" patients. Patients that are being followed by imaging due to previous identification of an atypical lesion on radiographic imaging not identified to have a specific diagnosis.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2012

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

153 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01473862

Start Date

January 1 2012

End Date

June 1 2016

Last Update

August 12 2016

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105