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| Name | Class |
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| Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care | UNKNOWN |
| Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to test the usefulness of a family-based program for African American parents/primary caregivers with newly diagnosed solid tumor cancer and their adolescent children. The program is designed to promote family communication reduce and depressive symptoms for adolescence.
The investigators will offer a 8-week prevention program to help African American parents and caregivers (e.g., grandparents) diagnosed for the first time with Stages 0, I, II, or III solid tumor cancer or hematologic cancer in the last 24 months who are caring for a 11-21 year old child at home who has been told about the parent's cancer diagnosis. Parents and their adolescent child(ren) will first be asked to complete a set of questionnaires that takes about 60 minutes and then will be told within 2 to 4 weeks whether they have been assigned to 1 of 2 programs that will get chosen by chance, like flipping a coin. Neither the families nor the researchers will choose what program is assigned. Both programs are designed to offer help coping with cancer. Both short- and long-term effects of the program will be evaluated.
Program A involves just parents attending five educational sessions every other week (1 hour/session) with a group of parents who are also coping with cancer with specially trained group leaders. Adolescent children will not participate in these group sessions; this is the treatment as usual comparison group as most cancer centers do not meet with adolescent children who have parents diagnosed with cancer.
Program B involves five group sessions (2 hours/session) every other week with other families like them that include adolescents in some of the sessions and parents and adolescents together in other sessions with specially trained group leaders.
The primary, secondary, and exploratory aims of this research are:
Primary Aim:
Aim 1. Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Treatment-as-Usual (TAU) in reducing depressive symptoms (CDI) in AA adolescents at post-treatment using an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis.
Secondary Aim:
Aim 2. Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Treatment-as-Usual (TAU) in reducing parental stress (PCQ) in AA parents at post-treatment using ITT analysis.
Exploratory Aims:
Aim 3a. Determine trajectories of adolescent depressive symptoms (CDI), anxiety (RCMAS), and parental stress (PCQ) from baseline to 12-month follow-up.
Aim 3b. Determine whether perceived levels of group support (HGE), adolescent gender and age, parent's marital and socioeconomic status, and parent's cancer staging modify the effects of treatment on adolescent depression (CDI) and anxiety (RCMAS).
Aim 3c. Determine whether pre-post changes in parent-adolescent attachment and communication mediate the association between treatment and adolescent depressive symptoms (CDI) and anxiety (RCMAS) at 6- and 12-month follow-ups.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Experimental | Experimental | Family-based attachment-focused intervention for families where parent/caregiver is within 12 months of first diagnosis of a stage I-III solid tumor cancer. |
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| Psychoeducation | Active Comparator | Provides equivalent number of American Cancer Society psychoeducational sessions. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family-based attachment-focused intervention | Behavioral | 5 2-hour biweekly sessions involving parent and/or adolescent(s). |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Reduce 8-week depressive symptoms among African American adolescents on the Child Depression Inventory (CDI-2) | Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Psychoeducation (PED) in reducing Child Depression Inventory symptoms (CDI-2) in AA adolescents at post-treatment using an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis. | Baseline to 8 weeks (end of treatment) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Reduce 8-week parental stress among African American parents on the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) | Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Psychoeducation (PED) in reducing parenting stress on the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) in AA parents at post-treatment using ITT analysis. | Baseline to 8 weeks (end of treatment) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Reduce depressive symptoms among African American adolescents on the Child Depression Inventory (CDI-2) | Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Psychoeducation (PED) in reducing Child Depression Inventory (CDI-2) symptoms in AA adolescents at 12 months using an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis. | Baseline to 12 months |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Adam Davey, Ph.D. | University of Delaware | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Helen F Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care | Newark | Delaware | 19713 | United States | ||
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 30453906 | Result | McKinney NS, Virtue S, Lewis FM, Willis AI, Pettyjohn T, Harmon LR, Davey A. Study protocol: a randomized control trial of African American families fighting parental cancer together. BMC Cancer. 2018 Nov 20;18(1):1140. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5052-8. |
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| Related Info | View source |
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| Study Protocol | View IPD |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003863 | Depression |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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Group (cluster) randomized trial. Total number of participants is 200, including 100 men and 100 women.
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Assessors and analysts will be blinded to treatment condition. Participants and providers cannot be effectively blinded to treatment condition.
| Psychoeducation | Behavioral | Provides equivalent number of American Cancer Society psychoeducational sessions involving only parents. |
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| Reduce depressive symptoms among African American adolescents on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS-2) |
Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Psychoeducation (PED) in reducing anxiety on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS-2) in AA adolescents at 12 months using an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis. |
| Baseline to 12 months |
| Reduce 8-week parental stress among African American parents on the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) | Compare the efficacy of Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) to Psychoeducation (PED) in reducing parental stress on the Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (PCQ) in AA parents at 12 months using ITT analysis. | Baseline to 12 months |
| Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University |
| Philadelphia |
| Pennsylvania |
| 19107 |
| United States |