CREATE: Clinical Research Examining the Arts as Targeted Elements in Childhood Cancer Care
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Summary
This clinical trial is being done to develop and test how well creative arts interventions (drawing, painting, making sculptures) compared to watching videos can affect symptoms and impact the quality of life in children with cancer. Creative arts mind-body interventions (CrA) are one type of complementary health interventions which have been associated with improved quality of life and reduced symptom burden among children with cancer. CrA is an ideal intervention for children with cancer due to the long hours spent in the hospital setting for treatments, the creativity and developmental focus of children, and their potential ability to communicate more easily through art than words. Researchers want to develop and test a CrA intervention to help improve symptoms and the quality of life of children with cancer.
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Feasibility of an randomized controlled trial (RCT) of art among children with cancer. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Achieve recruitment rate target. II. Achieve accrual target. III. Achieve fidelity to intervention. IV. Assess initial effect sizes. OUTLINE: PHASE I: Patients participate in focus groups to develop CrA intervention on study. PHASE II: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients participate in CrA interventions comprising drawing, painting, and making sculptures with a trained artist for 30 minutes once a week for 4 sessions over 12 weeks. AR…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 8–13 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 8 to 13 years of age * Have been diagnosed with cancer of any type in the prior 12 months * Be English literate (we will amend this criterium when the study surveys are validated in Spanish). Parent/caregiver of child participant may be Spanish speaking * Physically and cognitively able to participate in creative arts * Expected to receive enough treatment at local site to participate in all four intervention sessions Exclusion Criteria: * Not English literate * Otherwise unable to complete study procedures
Interventions
- ProcedureArt Therapy
Participate in CrA
- ProcedureDiscussion
Participate in art focus group, art-making
- OtherMedia Intervention
Watch videos
- OtherSurvey Administration
Ancillary studies
Location
- OHSU Knight Cancer InstitutePortland, Oregon