CNS Qualitative Interview

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Central Nervous System Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Qualitative Interviews

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05219149

NCI-2021-14424 (Other Identifier)

21-3870.cc

Details and patient eligibility

About

Explore factors involved in decision making for patients with new or recurrent CNS tumors and their families surrounding treatment planning and clinical trial enrollment.

Full description

Explore factors involved in decision making for patients with new or recurrent CNS tumors and their families surrounding treatment planning and clinical trial enrollment. The team will conduct qualitative interviews with a diverse group of patients and families considering treatment for new and recurrent CNS tumors to determine challenges surrounding treatment and study enrollment that may be modifiable through community, hospital, and University of Colorado Cancer Center resources. The team will then assess the impact of these resources on decision making through follow-up interviews.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Be the parent or caregiver of a child or young adult receiving treatment at CHCO

   a. Child must meet one criterion below: i. Newly diagnosed with a CNS tumor ii. Relapse of a CNS tumor requiring further therapy. Therapy may be standard of care of dictated by an open clinical trial

2. Patient 18 years of age or older a. Must meet one of the criteria below: i. Newly diagnosed with a CNS tumor ii. Relapse of a CNS tumor requiring further therapy. Therapy may be standard of care of dictated by an open clinical trial

Exclusion criteria

• Does not meet inclusion criteria

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with CNS Tumors

Description:

feasibility study of family interviews of those who are making decisions about treatment for newly diagnosed or relapsed CNS tumors. For patients 12 years of age and younger, caregivers only will be included in the interviews. For patients 13-17 years of age, caregivers will have the option to include the patient in the interviews. For patients 18 years of age and older, patients will have the option to include their caregivers in the interviews.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Qualitative Interviews