Adolescent and Young Adult With Brain Cancer, Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Malignancies, Pediatric Sarcoma of Soft Tissue
Conditions
Keywords
therapy, art, mental health quality of life, patient-reported outcome, ARTCan application, digital art therapy
Brief summary
This is a single-site, single-arm, interventional study assessing the feasibility of the ARTCan Therapy Application (App) and whether it is an acceptable means of administering art therapy to young adult cancer survivors. The ARTCan Therapy App guides participants through a 6-week digital art therapy program. Subjects will participate in weekly art therapy prompts guided by the app and will complete weekly mental health quality of life (MHQoL) surveys during the intervention. In addition, baseline and end-of-intervention patient-reported outcome measures (PROMIS-DSF8a) and an acceptability survey will be administered. The hypothesis is that digital art therapy is feasible for young adult cancer survivors with self-reported mood issues and is an acceptable means of administering art therapy in the patient population.
Detailed description
The ARTCan application has been designed to define therapy strategies for the care of patients; it emerges from a unique collaboration in the disciplines of design, art, art therapy, and medicine from the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The relevance of the application design was to enable the trans-disciplinary team to experiment with proof of the following concepts: 1) technology-based tools and feasibility studies for new lines of research in treatment; 2) research that embraces intellectual diversity by merging the creative disciplines; and 3) addressing issues of health and well-being of patients. This study is testing whether the digital art therapy application "Art Therapy Can Do" (ARTCan) is a feasible means of administering art therapy to young cancer survivors. The study is funded by the Ian's Friends Foundation and the Weatherspoon Foundation.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALARTCan App
The ARTCan App is an art therapy technology application program. The application can be accessed via the web (via computer, phone, or on a device such as an iPad). With the use of the application, participants complete weekly sessions that culminate in an "art" piece. Note that participants are not required to have expertise in drawing; developing art skills or assessing the quality of art pieces is not the focus of the ARTCan program. Subjects will upload a photo of the art they created to this application to show proof of completion of art therapy. They will also answer questions specific to the art therapy theme for the week.
Sponsors
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ian's Friends Foundation
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
In order to participate in this study a subject must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below. * Written informed assent and parental consent obtained to participate in the study and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. * Subject is willing and able to comply with study procedures based on the judgment of the investigator. * Age 18-25 years at the time of consent. * Childhood cancer survivor, defined as having cancer between birth 17 years of age and who has completed cancer treatment. * Reliable internet connection and access to a computer, smartphone, or iPad to support application and virtual study visits. * Answers "yes" to the question "Do you experience mood issues (yes or no)?".
Exclusion criteria
* All subjects meeting any of the
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility of art therapy | Up to 6 weeks | The feasibility of art therapy will be determined by the proportion of participants who complete art therapy. The proportion of participants who complete 4 of the 6 art therapy modules will be determined. A completion rate of 10 out of 15 participants will be deemed feasible. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of art therapy | at 6 week | Acceptability of art therapy will be measured as the proportion of participants responded to the survey questionnaire administered at the end of the intervention. The survey questionnaire will be taken via a web-based application as post- Intervention Assessment. Question: 1) Please provide your impression of the ARTCan App: A) I like the App B) I don't like the. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTDevin McCarthy
CONTACTPatricia Brock
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSoma Sengupta, MD
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Outcome results
None listed