Psychological Benefits of Camping in Treating Children With Cancer - Tabular View

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

July 11, 2001

Last Updated Date

August 19, 2009

Start Date ^ICMJE

March 1983

Primary Completion Date

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Change History

Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00018915 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Psychological Benefits of Camping in Treating Children With Cancer

Official Title ^ICMJE

Psychological Benefits of a "Normalized" Camping Experience for Children With Cancer

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Children with cancer who go camping with other patients may have improved quality of life, self-esteem, and relationships with parents, family, and peers.

PURPOSE: Clinical trial to study the psychological benefits of a 1-week camping trip for children with cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Determine whether quality of life, particularly sense of well being, self-esteem, and relationships with parents, family, and peers, improves in children with cancer who participate in an enriched, normalized camping experience.
Determine whether professional or volunteer caregivers improve the quality of their interrelations with this patient population after participating in an enriched, normalized camping experience.

OUTLINE: Patients participate in a full range of age appropriate activities and undergo observation during an enriched, normalized camping experience for 1 week. Patients and their family members undergo psychosocial interviews and patients complete psychological questionnaires before, during, and after the camping experience. Medical care continues to be provided according to the plan formulated between the patient's home medical team and the NIH-based medical team.

Quality of life is assessed.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 9,999 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Design ^ICMJE

Other

Condition ^ICMJE

Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Intervention ^ICMJE

Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Recruiting

Estimated Enrollment ^ICMJE

9999

Completion Date

Primary Completion Date

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Diagnosis of cancer
- Currently receiving treatment OR
- No more than 3 years since prior treatment OR
Young adults with cancer acting as camp counselors

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

7 to 17

Performance status:

Not specified

Life expectancy:

Not specified

Hematopoietic:

Not specified

Hepatic:

Not specified

Renal:

Not specified

Other:

Concurrent physical defects allowed

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

Concurrent blood products allowed

Chemotherapy:

Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

Not specified

Radiotherapy:

Not specified

Surgery:

Prior amputations allowed

Other:

Concurrent intramuscular, intrathecal, oral, or IV medications allowed

Gender

Both

Ages

7 Years to 17 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Location Countries ^ICMJE

United States

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00018915

Responsible Party

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

CDR0000074606, NCI-83-C-0022F, NCI-T83-1094N

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Investigators ^ICMJE

Study Chair:

Stephen J. Chanock, MD

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Information Provided By

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Verification Date

November 2007

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