Status:

COMPLETED

Reduction of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Exposure In Pediatric Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

SMOKN5 is aimed at studying ways to reduce environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) for children who are being treated for cancer. The study includes St. Jude parents whose child lives with at least one adul...

Detailed Description

160 St. Jude families with a cancer patient who meets eligibility criteria will be enrolled on the study. Eligible St. Jude patients must be 17 years of age or younger at the time of enrollment. They ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient Characteristics
  • SJCRH patient with primary diagnosis of any type of cancer.
  • ≤17 years of age at the time of enrollment.
  • At least one month from diagnosis and in active treatment at the time of enrollment.
  • Does not currently use tobacco (defined as abstinence from tobacco during the 30 days preceding the screening assessment as based on patient, 10-17 years of age,and/or parent report).
  • Lives with at least one cigarette smoking adult (must be parent or family member/relative) who smokes in their presence (i.e. in the home/hotel, in the same room, in the car, etc) by parent report. Smoking adults will be defined as those who have smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days, per parent report.
  • Patient, 10-17 years of age, reads and speaks English.
  • Parent/Step-Parent/Legal Guardian Characteristics:
  • Reads and speaks English.
  • Informed consent by institutional guidelines.

Exclusion

  • Patient Characteristics
  • Patients with relapse or recurrence of disease within the past month or those with progressive disease.
  • Patients in medical crisis as determined by consultation with the child's primary care physician.
  • Patients with poor prognosis high-risk malignancies not likely to survive 12 months from diagnosis as documented by child's primary care physician.
  • On bone marrow transplant service.
  • Parent/Step-Parent/Legal Guardian Characteristics:
  • Patient's social worker or primary care physician will be consulted prior to parents being approached for enrollment to ensure that the parent is not currently in crisis or distress or have another disabling condition that would preclude participation.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2002

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

166 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00766766

Start Date

September 1 2002

End Date

June 1 2010

Last Update

September 6 2013

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105