Writing Intervention With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Description

Young people with cancer have difficult experiences and writing exercises may help improve their well-being. However, very few studies have examined how a creative writing activity might be useful for young people with cancer. In this pilot study, researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital hope to explore whether teenagers and young adults with cancer want to participate in a writing exercise and whether they find it to be valuable. Primary Objective To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a writing-based narrative medicine intervention for adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.

Conditions

Cancer Patients, Communication Research

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Young people with cancer have difficult experiences and writing exercises may help improve their well-being. However, very few studies have examined how a creative writing activity might be useful for young people with cancer. In this pilot study, researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital hope to explore whether teenagers and young adults with cancer want to participate in a writing exercise and whether they find it to be valuable. Primary Objective To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a writing-based narrative medicine intervention for adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.

ChronCan (Chronicling Cancer): Piloting a Novel Writing Intervention With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Writing Intervention With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Condition
Cancer Patients
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Memphis

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Aged 15-25
  • * Currently receiving cancer-directed therapy
  • * Active patient at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • * Parent of a ChronCan participant who has passed away
  • * Does not meet the inclusion criteria
  • * If the parents have not responded or not interviewed till December 31, 2025.

Ages Eligible for Study

15 Years to 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,

Trisha K. Paul, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-12