Safe handling of complementary medicine

Safe handling of complementary medicine - SiCOM

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00030478

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2022-12-22

Start date

2023-01-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pediatric cancer

Interventions

Group 1: Parents of children with cancer who make use of a counselling session and medical staff of paediatric oncology who make use of a training session

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Age of cancer patients: <18 years old - Age of parents: 18 years and older - Admission diagnosis: oncological disease in childhood - Start of a conventional cancer therapy (e.g. chemotherapy) in one of the participating centres, not more than 4 weeks ago - Written informed consent of parents (and children aged 16 years and older) to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Insufficient knowledge of German to understand the written consent form and the questionnaire

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Feasibility	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Feasibility: 1. What are the needs of parents of children with cancer and medical staff regarding counselling on the safe use of CAM? 2. Is it feasible to recruit a sufficient number of parents/medical staff to obtain representative cohorts? 3. Is the developed CAM intervention acceptable to parents of children with cancer? 4. Is it feasible to implement CAM interventions in different conventional study centres according to the protocol or are there barriers that will require protocol adjustments? Effectiveness: 1. Do trained parents feel better informed about the benefits and safety of CAM in contrast to untrained parents and do this increase their ability to make better informed decisions about their use of CAM? 2. Do attitudes towards CAM and CAM usage differ between trained and untrained parents? 3. Do medical staff feel relieved by the external offer of CAM counselling of the parents? 4. Can the knowledge and attitudes toward CAM of medical staff about the benefits and risks of CAM be improved?	—

Measure

Time frame

Feasibility: 1. What are the needs of parents of children with cancer and medical staff regarding counselling on the safe use of CAM? 2. Is it feasible to recruit a sufficient number of parents/medical staff to obtain representative cohorts? 3. Is the developed CAM intervention acceptable to parents of children with cancer? 4. Is it feasible to implement CAM interventions in different conventional study centres according to the protocol or are there barriers that will require protocol adjustments? Effectiveness: 1. Do trained parents feel better informed about the benefits and safety of CAM in contrast to untrained parents and do this increase their ability to make better informed decisions about their use of CAM? 2. Do attitudes towards CAM and CAM usage differ between trained and untrained parents? 3. Do medical staff feel relieved by the external offer of CAM counselling of the parents? 4. Can the knowledge and attitudes toward CAM of medical staff about the benefits and risks of CAM be improved?

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTycho Zuzak

Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke

t.zuzak@gemeinschaftskrankenhaus.de+492330 62-3295

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026