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Behavioral Parenting Skills As A Novel Target for Improving Pediatric Medication Adherence

Behavioral Parenting Skills as a Novel Target for Improving Pediatric Medication Adherence: Studies 1 and 2

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05587582
Enrollment
51
Registered
2022-10-20
Start date
2022-09-01
Completion date
2025-01-07
Last updated
2025-02-07

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Conditions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Brief summary

This study observes behavioral parenting skills to see whether it could be a novel target for improving pediatric medication adherence. This study may help researchers better understand the challenges parents face when giving their young child with an illness medicine at home and learn about various factors related to medication compliance in young children

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Use direct observation of medication administration in the home to understand common episode-level barriers and identify the most impactful behavioral parenting skills for intervention. II. Use daily diary methods to identify contextual barriers to adherence and identify intervention components to help parents anticipate barriers and plan strategies to promote successful adherence. OUTLINE: Participants complete a survey over 15-20 minutes at baseline. Family behaviors before, during and after the administration of medication to the child are video-recorded over 40-45 minutes. Participants receive MEMS electronic pill bottle to use for 2 weeks and complete daily survey over 5 minutes for 14 days.

Interventions

OTHERSurvey Administration

Complete a survey

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
FAMILY_BASED
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

INCLUSION: * Parent of a child diagnosed within the past month with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) * Pediatric patient's age 3 - 9. \* If present during the home visit, any other child, ages 0-18 * Child on therapy that includes oral mercaptopurine (6-MP) administration * Parent age 18 - NA (No Limit) * Parent should have verbal English fluency * Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure * The following special populations may be included in this study: * Pregnant women: due to the design of this behavioral research, pregnant and fetuses should incur no elevated risk from participation. Children under age 18 will participate in one aspect of the study, the video recording of medication administration. \* Other children (not the pediatric patient) under age 18 that are present during the time of the home visit Exclusion: * Pediatric patient is on therapy that does not include oral 6-MP administration * Cognitively impaired adults/adults with impaired decision-making capacity * Pediatric patients who are not yet adults (infants under the age of 3, children over 9 years, teenagers) * Prisoners

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DCIPS) - medication ingestionUp to 5 monthsAssociation between ingestion of medication and the absence or presence of each of the Observations of parents and children as they interact with each other during medication administration. Interactions will be coded by trained observers.
Length of time it takes to administer medicationUp to 5 monthsThe association between time to ingestion and the DCIPS coded skills will be analyzed

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026