Nurse chats could ease cancer kids' suffering
NCT ID NCT05306509
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether specially trained nurses can help children with cancer and their families by starting conversations about palliative care early. About 120 children recently diagnosed with cancer will be randomly assigned to either receive these nurse-led talks or standard care. The goal is to see if the program improves the child's quality of life over six months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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Up to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Children within eight weeks of initial oncologic diagnosis or within eight weeks of relapse/recurrent disease diagnosis * Children speaking Chinese * Children's family caregivers accompanying the child in the hospital (only one family member is eligible to take this role under current hospital policy) * Children's family caregivers speaking Chinese * Health care providers who are taking care of the eligible children, including but not limited to physicians, nurses, and social workers Exclusion Criteria: \- Children who, in the opinion of their physician, are not capable mentally or verbally of participating in the survey or interview
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hemotology/Oncology Unit and Surgical Oncology Unit of Children's Hospital of Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Minhang, 201102, China
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