The Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of the Impact of Digital Education

Duke University

Status: Begins enrollment this month

Conditions: Pediatric Cancer

Treatments: Other: standard of care provider led education; Other: in-clinic tablet-based multimedia education; Other: text-based education messages only

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06979310

Pro00115965

1R21CA284299-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is being conducted to determine how best to educate caregivers about cancer and its treatment. When caregivers are well-informed, they are more confident in supporting their child through treatment, which can improve treatment adherence.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a known pediatric cancer diagnosis
• Adult caregivers of children with cancer (<18yo) at time of new patient registration
• Ability to understand and speak Swahili
• If illiterate, availability of a household member who can read Swahili
• Be able to access the messages

Exclusion criteria

• any potential participant who is unable to access messages will also be excluded.
• Non cancer pediatric diagnosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 4 patient groups

text-based education messages only

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: text-based education messages only

in-clinic tablet-based multimedia education only

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: in-clinic tablet-based multimedia education

both text-based and tablet-based digital education strategies

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: text-based education messages only

Other: in-clinic tablet-based multimedia education

standard of care provider led education

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: standard of care provider led education