An Evaluation of the Families Addressing Cancer Together (FACT) Intervention

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Neoplasms, Cancer, Parenting, Communication, Parents, Parent-Child Relations

In brief

This is a pilot feasibility and acceptability study to inform the development and testing of a novel communication intervention to support parents in their communication with children about cancer. The research questions to be answered by this study are whether the intervention being tested can be feasible and acceptable, and provide preliminary estimates of improvement in parental psychological distress.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04342871

Run by

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

People needed

53

Starts

2020-10-05

Expected to finish

2021-07-27

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Informed consent reviewed and signed;
• Age equal to or above 18 years;
• Ability to understand and comply with study procedures;
• Be a parent, primary caregiver, or guardian of at least one child between the ages of 3-19 years old with whom the subject has regular contact. The child must have cognitive ability to understand verbal communication;
• Have a new or recurrent diagnosis of invasive solid tumor malignancy within the past 6 months or have a solid tumor cancer diagnosis with disease that is either stage IV or equivalent;
• Have a cancer diagnosis that is likely to require systemic anti-neoplastic therapy, non-office based surgical intervention, radiation therapy, or palliative care/hospice within the next three months.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to complete self-report instruments due to illiteracy, neurologic illness, inability to speak or read English, or other causes.

Where it is running

• Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• University of North Carolina Hospital — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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