Siblings' voices: what kids want to know when a brother or sister has cancer
NCT ID NCT03541330
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how healthy brothers and sisters of children with blood cancer felt about the information they got about the disease. Researchers interviewed 7 children aged 6 to 12 to understand their satisfaction and what they thought about the illness. The goal was to improve how hospitals support siblings after a cancer diagnosis.
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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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7 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2018
- Finished
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Apr 2019
- Lead sponsor
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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.
- Ages
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6 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Children from 6 to 12 years old * Brother or sister of a child: O has malignant haemopathy O follow-up in the pediatric hematology department in Lille, O diagnosed from 6 weeks to 1 year before maintenance of the healthy subject included * whose parents are able to understand and sign voluntarily informed consent * Affiliated to a social security scheme * Ability to understand and answer questions alone during the semi-structured interview Exclusion Criteria: * Child under 6 years or over 12 years * Subject with a pathology that may interfere with the course of the study, according to the investigator's assessment * Absence of the informed consent of one of the parents and / or the legal representative * Refusal of participation of the subject
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Jeanne de Flandres, CHU
Lille, France