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1 for Anxiety

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Led By Lyse Lussier
Research Sponsored by Centennial College
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 0, 6, 12 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how parents of children with cancer rate a parent-delivered massage therapy educational program for usability and satisfaction, and if massage therapy, provided by parents to their child with cancer, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in the child, and parenting stress in the parent.

Eligible Conditions
  • Anxiety
  • Pediatric Cancer
  • Stress
  • Depression

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~0, 6, 12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 0, 6, 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
To test the feasibility of the educational intervention in parent-delivered massage for children undergoing treatment for cancer at a paediatric oncology centre, to guide sample size estimation for a future randomized trial.
Secondary outcome measures
Child Journals
Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale
My Story
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: 1Active Control2 Interventions
This group receives the massage intervention for a period of six weeks. Children and parents are asked to journal weekly for the six week period.
Group II: 2Active Control1 Intervention
The control group does not receive any massage intervention during the initial six weeks of the study. The children are asked to journal during this six week period.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

SickKids FoundationOTHER
9 Previous Clinical Trials
2,197 Total Patients Enrolled
Stollery Children's HospitalOTHER
23 Previous Clinical Trials
25,718 Total Patients Enrolled
Centennial CollegeLead Sponsor
1 Previous Clinical Trials
60 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.
Recent research and studies
Journal of Pain and Symptom ManagementJournal
The Measurement of Symptoms in Children with Cancer
Collins, John J., Maura E. Byrnes, Ira J. Dunkel, Jeanne Lapin, Traci Nadel, Howard T. Thaler, Tanya Polyak, Bruce Rapkin, and Russell K. Portenoy. 2000. “The Measurement of Symptoms in Children with Cancer”. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/s0885-3924(00)00127-5.
Journal of Pediatric PsychologyJournal
Childhood Illness-related Parenting Stress: The Pediatric Inventory for Parents
Streisand, R.. 2001. “Childhood Illness-related Parenting Stress: The Pediatric Inventory for Parents”. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/jpepsy/26.3.155.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer
2007. "Parent-Delivered Massage in Paediatric Cancer". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00698113.
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