RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07341815

Parental Support Intervention in an Advanced Oncological Context

Efficacy of a Parental Support Intervention to Improve Communication of Advanced Cancer Patients With Adolescents and Young Adults

Sponsor

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Enrollment

120 participants

Start Date

May 27, 2022

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Metastatic Cancer Communication Cancer Recurrence Parenting Parent-Child Relations Hematological Cancer

Summary

This prospective, two-arm randomized trial compares a psycho-educational program to a psycho-educational and experiential program for parents with advanced cancer. These two interventions aim to support parent-child communication about cancer, but we hypothesize that the combined intervention will be more effective for all studied communication variables.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

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This clinical trial is studying a medical device called Psycho-Education and a behavioral approach called Psycho-Experiential for people with cancer recurrence, communication, and other related conditions. The study is currently recruiting participants at 1 location. People eligible for this study include aged 18 Years and older.

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Interventions

DEVICEPsycho-Education

Supporting parents by providing useful informations and recommendations regarding communication with their children.

BEHAVIORALPsycho-Experiential

(1) Continuous support of parental self-efficacy about parental competence to communicate ; (2) Exercises about improving parental competence to communicate with their children (role-plays, transfer in the daily life).