Watching and learning: how cancer screenings affect people with fanconi anemia
NCT ID NCT06744283
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 37 times
Summary
This study looks at anxiety related to cancer screenings in adults with Fanconi anemia, a rare condition that raises cancer risk. Researchers will observe 20 participants during their regular screening visits, noting body language, worries, and the clinic environment. No treatments or changes to care are involved—the goal is simply to understand the experience better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors and clinics better support people with Fanconi anemia during cancer screenings, potentially reducing anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small observational study (20 people) that only watches and takes notes. It won't test any treatment, so it cannot directly change care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study team will conduct a concurrent mixed methods study involving ethnographic data collected from field notes of clinical visits for participants in the Fanconi Anemia Cancer Screening Study (FACSS) protocol (NIH IRB #: 001109), including initial intake and/or return of results.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: Participants enrolled in the FACSS protocol who are 18 years of age or older are eligible for inclusion in this study. Clinical visits eligible for ethnographic observation are limited to initial visits (medical history and physical examination) and/or return of results visits happening in the context of their first visit to the NIH Clinical Center for the FACSS protocol and/or annual return visits. To be eligible, the following requirements must be met: * Ability for the participant to speak, read, and/or write in English to understand and agree to a verbal consent. * Participants must have a diagnosis of FA. * Participants must be 18 years of age or older. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: * Individuals who do not meet eligibility criteria. * Subjects who declined or opted out of allowing their data to be used for future research. * Subjects who orally declined to have Dr. Emily Pearce shadow their clinical center visits. * No other exclusionary criteria apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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