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