Status:

COMPLETED

The PediQUEST Response Intervention Study

Lead Sponsor:

Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH

Collaborating Sponsors:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Seattle Children's Hospital

Conditions:

Advanced Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

2+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

PediQUEST Response proposes a new system of care that expects to improve quality of life in children, adolescents, and young adults with advanced cancer and their parents. The investigators want to le...

Detailed Description

Background: Integration of palliative care (PC) has been associated with better health related quality of life (HRQoL) and longer survival in adults and their caregivers. Yet, only a few randomized co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Pediatric oncology patients (children, adolescents, or young adults), and one of their parents, receiving routine cancer care at one of the participating centers -and not in remission and off cancer-directed treatment-that have:
  • (i) advanced cancer defined as: at least a 2-week history of progressive, recurrent, or non-responsive cancer of any type, or any brainstem tumor, or a grade IV Glioblastoma Multiforme, or decision not to pursue cancer-directed therapy in place, or or any other progressive/recurrent solid or brain tumor, and are
  • (ii) palliative care naive, defined as the palliative care team not currently integrated into their regular cancer care.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • The patient-parent dyad would be excluded if
  • patients are older than 18 years of age and no parent is involved in his/her care, or
  • if patient is under the care of foster parents who do not have legal guardianship, or
  • if both parents do not speak English or Spanish, or are unable to understand and complete surveys, or
  • if the patient has a non-brainstem low-grade glioma with localized progression/relapse only, or
  • is expected to receive a stem cell transplant within the next 18 weeks, or
  • life expectancy is less than two months.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2018

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 14 2022

    Estimated Enrollment :

    196 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03408314

    Start Date

    March 1 2018

    End Date

    September 14 2022

    Last Update

    November 29 2024

    Active Locations (6)

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    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

    2

    Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

    3

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

    4

    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4318