Study protocol: a randomized control trial of African American families fighting parental cancer together

Study protocol: a randomized control trial of African American families fighting parental cancer together

African American adults experience a disproportionate burden and increased mortality for most solid tumor cancers and their adolescent children are negatively impacted by the illness experience. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a culturally sensitive famil...

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Published in:BMC cancer Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 1140
Main Authors: McKinney, Nicole S, Virtue, Shannon, Lewis, Frances Marcus, Willis, Alliric I, Pettyjohn, Tanisha, Harmon, La-Rhonda, Davey, Adam
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BioMed Central 20-11-2018
BMC
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
African Americans
African Americans - psychology
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Child
Children
Family
Family Health
Female
Humans
intervention groups
Male
Mental depression
Motivation
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - therapy
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
randomized control trial
Research Design
solid tumor
Solid tumors
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Study Protocol
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
United States > US
African Americans
solid tumor
adolescent
cancer
randomized control trial
intervention groups
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Summary:African American adults experience a disproportionate burden and increased mortality for most solid tumor cancers and their adolescent children are negatively impacted by the illness experience. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a culturally sensitive family-based intervention program developed for African American families coping with solid tumor parental cancer using an intention-to-treat approach. Primary outcome is adolescent depressive symptoms at end of treatment. A sample of 172 African American families will be enrolled from two diverse oncology centers (Helen Graham Cancer Center in Newark, DE, and Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA). Eligible families will be randomized either to a 5-session intervention Families Fighting Cancer Together (FFCT) or a 5-session parent-only psycho-educational (PED) program. Assessments will occur at weeks 0 (baseline), 8 (end-of-treatment), 24, and 52. Treatments to help African American adolescents cope with the impact of parental cancer are scarce and urgently needed. If successful, this proposed research will change the nature of intervention support options available to African Americans, who are overrepresented and underserved by existing services or programs. This project is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (Protocol #: NCT03567330).
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ISSN:1471-2407
1471-2407
DOI:10.1186/s12885-018-5052-8