Symptom Clusters in Children With Leukemia

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Leukemia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01708421

Pro00037891

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and their associations with symptom clusters experienced during treatment for childhood leukemia.

Full description

A repeated measures research design will evaluate phenotypic and genotypic treatment-related symptom associations experienced by children and adolescents 3-17 years of age with a diagnosis of leukemia.

Enrollment: 338 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Phenotypic and genotypic treatment-related symptom associations will be evaluated in children and adolescents 3-18 years of age with a diagnosis of leukemia.

Exclusion criteria

• Children without a definite diagnosis of leukemia will be excluded.
• Children must be able to understand and answer the questions on the questionnaires.
• Children with have a cognitive impairment (e.g. Down syndrome) will not be able to complete the questionnaires and will not be eligible for the study.