Bright IDEAS for Pediatric Palliative Care: A Problem-Solving Skills Intervention to Empower Parent Resilience

NCT ID: NCT05899998

Last Updated: 2025-12-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-08

Study Completion Date

2026-05-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this or clinical trial is to test in the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the bright IDEAS problem solving skills training for parents of children in palliative care. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is bright IDEAS problem solving skills training feasible and acceptable for parents of children referred to pediatric palliative care?
* Does bright IDEAS reduce psychological distress in parents compared to parents receiving standard palliative care support?

Participants will:

* Participate in 6-8 sessions of the bright IDEAS program.
* Complete self report measures of psychological distress and well being.

If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare bright IDEAS to standard palliative care support.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Psychological Distress Quality of Life

Keywords

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Depressive Symptoms Anxiety Post-Traumatic Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Bright IDEAS

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bright IDEAS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Bright IDEAS® (Identify, Define, Evaluate, Act, See) is a problem-solving skills training program that was originally developed to alleviate distress in caregivers of children recently diagnosed with cancer. Intervention materials include instructor and user manuals, a brochure, and worksheets to be completed by the parent caregiver, initially with the help of the interventionist and then with increasing independence.

Standard of Care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Bright IDEAS

Bright IDEAS® (Identify, Define, Evaluate, Act, See) is a problem-solving skills training program that was originally developed to alleviate distress in caregivers of children recently diagnosed with cancer. Intervention materials include instructor and user manuals, a brochure, and worksheets to be completed by the parent caregiver, initially with the help of the interventionist and then with increasing independence.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parents or legal guardians of male and female children (ages 0-21) of any race or ethnicity and of any underlying medical diagnosis
* Child received at least one consult from the Comfort and Palliative Care team within the past month
* One parent or primary caregiver per child
* Able to speak, read, and write English or Spanish, and give informed consent


* Children 8-17 years of age whose primary caregiver has consented to participate
* Able to read and write English or Spanish and assent

Exclusion Criteria

* Parent age less than 18 years old
* Concurrent enrollment on another research study testing psychoeducational interventions for parents and/or patients
* Child has an estimated life expectancy of less than 4 months at time of study recruitment

Child


• Parent refusal to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bemis, Heather

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Heather Bemis, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Locations

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CHLA-23-00162

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id