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

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    City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000