Study of @neWorld: A Virtual Community for Children With Cancer
NCT ID: NCT00070421
Last Updated: 2013-05-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE1/PHASE2
INTERVENTIONAL
2003-04-30
2005-01-31
Brief Summary
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PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the effectiveness of an Internet Web site in providing social support and education to children who are undergoing treatment for cancer.
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Detailed Description
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* Develop an Internet-based application that allows pediatric patients with cancer to enter a virtual community with the following capabilities:
* Interact with classmates and participate in classroom activities via e-mail, chat groups, online field trips, art studio, music room, and game room
* Identify and interact with a community of peers with similar medical conditions
* Access a dictionary to get medical information in understandable terms
* Interact with the medical community online
* Interact with family members online
* Determine the acceptability of this program among groups of these patients and their classmates, teachers, family members, and healthcare providers using focus groups.
* Determine the effect of this program on self-esteem, coping behaviors, perceived social support, cancer-relevant medical knowledge, and feelings of control over health destiny in these patients.
* Determine the effect of this program on the performance of these patients in school.
* Determine the effect of this program in alleviating psychological distress in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
* Phase I: Students, family members, teachers, and health providers participate in focus groups to provide system design and implementation input and to assess overall acceptability of a prototype Internet-based application for pediatric cancer patients.
* Phase II: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups, based on participating center.
* Group 1: Patients have access to and utilize the Internet-based application @neWorld.
* Group 2: Patients do not have access to or utilize @neWorld. In both groups, patients complete questionnaires measuring psychological distress, quality of life, self-esteem, coping behaviors, perceived academic and social competence, perceived social support, cancer-relevant medical knowledge, feelings of control over health destiny, utilization of psychological services, and performance in school at baseline and 3 and 6 months.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 94 patients (44 for group 1 and 50 for group 2) will be accrued for this study.
Conditions
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Interventions
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complementary or alternative medicine procedure
management of therapy complications
psychosocial assessment and care
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Diagnosis of cancer
* Currently receiving treatment for cancer
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
* 10 to 15
Performance status
* Active
Life expectancy
* Not specified
Hematopoietic
* Not specified
Hepatic
* Not specified
Renal
* Not specified
Other
* Able to read and speak English
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
* Not specified
Chemotherapy
* Not specified
Endocrine therapy
* Not specified
Radiotherapy
* Not specified
Surgery
* Not specified
10 Years
15 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Leap of Faith Technologies
INDUSTRY
Principal Investigators
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Barbara Rapchak
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Leap of Faith Technologies
Locations
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Leap of Faith Technologies, Incorporated
Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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CDR0000334398
Identifier Type: REGISTRY
Identifier Source: secondary_id
WCCC-2000-194
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
LFT-NEWORLD
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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