Empowering Cancer Survivors Through Information Technology

This is a randomized controlled trial of a web-based informational intervention (UMFollowUp) for adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer to improve cancer knowledge and psychosocial functioning.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cancer Survivor
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: UMFollowUp; Other: Standard of Care

Detailed Description

Individuals randomly assigned to the control group will receive standard of care for the duration of their participation. This means they will continue to receive information regarding their diagnosis, treatments and ongoing health needs from their provider (no access to website).

Individuals randomly assigned to the treatment group will receive access to UMFollowUp, a secure, HIPAA-compliant website.

All participants will be asked to complete paper-and-pencil surveys at baseline and 9 months later to determine the impact of the web-based intervention.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 53
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
      • Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 28 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• History of diagnosis of hematologic malignancy or malignant neoplasm, and in disease free remission at time of recruitment.
• Must be English-speaking and have access to a computer with internet access, and must have completed treatment at University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview for cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individual with significant visual impairments and neurologic/cognitive difficulties which limit their ability to see and under our outcome questionnaires or website content will be excluded from participation.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Web-Based Intervention; UMFollowUp - web-based internet resource for information about their diagnostic histories, recommendations for follow-up care, and tips to enhance their treatment, psychosocial and physical well-being.	Behavioral: UMFollowUp; Web-based internet resource for self-reported treatment summaries and psychosocial and physical well-being.
Active Comparator: Standard of Care; Patients will receive information regarding their diagnosis, treatments, and ongoing health needs from their provider, but will not be provided access to the website.	Other: Standard of Care; Patients will receive information regarding their diagnosis, treatments, and ongoing health needs from their provider, but will not be provided access to the website.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cancer Knowledge Survey	Measure of patient reported knowledge of their cancer diagnosis, history and treatments.	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
SF-36 Questionnaire	A measure of quality of life.	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later
Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System	Short Form (SF) Medical Interaction Subscale	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later
Herth Hope Index	A measure of self-reported hope.	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support	A measure of self-reported social support.	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later
Health Locus of Control Scale	A measure of self-reported locus of control.	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later
State Trait Anxiety Inventory	A measure of self-reported anxiety.	Time of Enrollment and 9 Months Later

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Alicia Kunin-Batson, M.D., Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 7, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): May 8, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 2, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 29, 2017
• Last Verified: November 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: cancer survivor
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2007NT078