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Parent coping skills may shape how children handle cancer, new study suggests

NCT ID NCT06858163

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at how parents of children with cancer cope with stress and how that affects their child's emotional well-being. Researchers will survey 60 parents and their children (ages 8–17) being treated at pediatric cancer centers in Italy. The goal is to understand which coping strategies work best and how the parent-child relationship plays a role, so that hospitals can offer better psychological support.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If successful, this study could help hospitals design better psychological support for families of children with cancer.
What could go wrong
This is a small, observational study with only 60 participants. It does not test any treatment, so it cannot directly improve health outcomes.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 60 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2023

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Parents (single/father and mother) of patients in care of Pediatric Oncohematology departments who meet the inclusion criteria and pediatric patients in treatment at the Pediatric Oncohematology departments who meet the inclusion criteria.

Ages

8 to 17 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Parents Inclusion Criteria: * parents of both sexes * age of son/daughter between 8 and 17 years old (included) * son/daughter being treated at the Pediatric Oncohematology departments involved in the research (Day Hospital and hospitalization) * good understanding of the Italian language Parents Exclusion Criteria: ● son/daughter in off-therapy Patients Inclusion Criteria: * age between 8 and 17 years old (included), undergoing treatment at the Pediatric Oncohematology departments (Day Hospital and hospitalization) * parents enrolled in the study * good understanding of the Italian language Patients Exclusion Criteria: ● patients in off-therapy

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

childhood malignant neoplasm neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Coping behavior Pediatric cancer Relationship, parent child

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ospedale San Gerardo, SC Ematologia Pediatrica

    RECRUITING

    Monza, Monza-Brianza, 20900, Italy

  • SC Ematologia 2 - Oncoematologia pediatrica

    RECRUITING

    Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy

  • Struttura Complessa di Pediatria e Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Ospedale SS Annunziata

    RECRUITING

    Taranto, Taranto, 74100, Italy

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