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Parenting Support for Families with Metastatic or Recurrent Solid Tumors

This study is looking at a parenting support program for families where a parent has a solid tumor (cancer) that has spread (metastatic) or come back (recurrent). The program aims to help parents reduce worries, improve how they talk to their children about cancer, and boost their overall emotional well-being. You might receive educational materials and attend videoconference sessions. Researchers want to see if this program is practical to implement and if it helps with psychological symptoms and parenting concerns. The study plans to enroll 120 participants, including parents with cancer and their spousal caregivers, who have at least one child aged 4-16 living at home.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 120 participants. It will examine the acceptability and feasibility of a parenting support intervention, and then evaluate its effectiveness compared to a waitlist control group.
What's involved
You would receive educational materials and attend two weekly videoconference sessions, each lasting 45 minutes. Caregivers attend two additional weekly sessions.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The feasibility of the intervention will be measured through study completion, an average of 1 year.

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NCT05059678

Parenting Support Intervention for Families Coping With Metastatic or Locally Recurrent Solid Tumor Diagnosis

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
~120 participants
Updated 2026-02-19 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Best PracticeEducational InterventionQuestionnaire Administration

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Examine the feasibility of implementing a parenting support intervention in 50 patients with an incurable cancer and their spousal caregivers.
Measured over Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Conditions

Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Recurrent Malignant Solid Neoplasm

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texasstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Kathrin Milbury · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Who to contact

Kathrin Milbury
[email protected]
713-745-2868
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Participants must (1) be diagnosed with a metastatic or locally recurrent solid malignant tumor and on active treatment; (2) be at least 18 years old; (3) have at least one dependent child between the ages of 4 and 16 and currently living with the parent; (4) be able to provide informed consent and (5) have a spousal caregiver over the age of 18 who co-parents the child(ren) (i.e. share custody) and is willing and able to consent to participate.\*

Exclusion

Participants and caregivers who do not read and speak English and who do not have access to the internet.

What this trial measures

  • Examine the feasibility of implementing a parenting support intervention in 50 patients with an incurable cancer and their spousal caregivers.Through study completion, an average of 1 year