Enhancing Connections Program in Improving Communication Between Patients With Incurable Cancer and Their Children

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-12-28

Study Completion Date

2018-02-15

Brief Summary

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This pilot clinical trial studies the use of the Enhancing Connections Program in improving communication between patients with incurable cancer and their children. The Enhancing Connections Program is an educational program that may provide patients with new competencies to improve communication with their children and help them to cope with their parent's incurable cancer.

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Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To test the feasibility of the study protocol in advanced cancer patients (recruitment/retention, dosage and fidelity of the intervention; program acceptability of program; and logistics).

II. To evaluate the short-term impact of the program on the diagnosed parents' and children's adjustment using a within group design (pre- and post-test design).

III. To compare outcomes from the Enhancing Connections Program with outcomes obtained from the completed Phase III trial (between group design).

OUTLINE:

Patients participate in Enhancing Connections Program comprising of anchoring patients to help their child, adding to listening skills, building on listening skills, being a detective of their child's coping, and celebrating success for 5 sessions. Patients also receive workbook which includes text from the sessions, handouts, and at-home assignments to be completed between sessions.

Conditions

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Advanced Malignant Neoplasm

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Supportive care (Enhancing Connections Program)

Patients participate in Enhancing Connections Program comprising of anchoring patients to help their child, adding to listening skills, building on listening skills, being a detective of their child's coping, and celebrating success for 5 sessions. Patients also receive workbook which includes text from the sessions, handouts, and at-home assignments to be completed between sessions.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Receive Enhancing Connections Program

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Interventions

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Educational Intervention

Receive Enhancing Connections Program

Intervention Type OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Education for Intervention Intervention by Education Intervention through Education Intervention, Educational

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parents will be eligible if they have a diagnosis of incurable cancer of any type
* Read and write English among their languages of choice
* Have a child 5-17 years old living at home who has been told their parent's cancer diagnosis
* The child does not have learning challenges

Exclusion Criteria

* Parents will be excluded if they are enrolled in hospice at time of enrollment; (however, they will be allowed to continue in the study if they enroll in hospice after beginning the study)
* Parents will be ineligible if their child lives in the home less than 50% of the time

Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No