NCT00020553

Video Support Program For Families With a Parent Newly Diagnosed With Cancer

We Can Cope: Family Support When A Parent Has Cancer

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Inflexxion, Inc. · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: A videotape support program may help families improve communication and coping skills when a parent is diagnosed with cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized trial to study the effectiveness of a video support program for families who have a parent who has been newly diagnosed with cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine if families who participate in a video support program function better as a family in the areas of communication, togetherness, and overall increased ability to cope when a parent is newly diagnosed with cancer. II. Determine if participation in this program decreases stress-related illness in the well members of the family. III. Determine the safety of this program. IV. Determine patient/family and medical provider satisfaction with this program. OUTLINE: This a randomized study. Adult parent participants and spouses undergo a baseline assessment over approximately 1 hour comprising completion of a self-assessment form followed by an interview. Families are then randomized to one of two arms. Arm I: Adult parent participants receive a video support program comprising 3 videotapes (parent tape, adolescent tape, and child tape) and a parent guidebook. The parents are encouraged to screen the videotapes and decide whether to have their child and/or adolescent view the program. Arm II: Adult parent participants receive no video support material. Families may view the video program after study completion. Adult parent participants in both arms complete follow-up assessments at 6 and 12 weeks. This clinical trial is being conducted at the locations listed below. If you are interested in this clinical trial but unable to visit these locations, please call #1-800-848-3895 ext. 226 and ask for more information about the We Can Cope study. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 230 families will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	psychosocial assessment and care

Timeline

• Start date: 2000-08-01
• First posted: 2004-02-16
• Last updated: 2013-09-20

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: United States