Recruiting

Intervention to Reduce Anxiety

Sponsor:

Stanford University

Code:

NCT05415007

Conditions

Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

GOLD Program

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to examine a psychotherapeutic and psycho-educational intervention offered in virtual settings to caregivers of youth with cancer. Human subjects must be used because they are the object of the intervention.

Conditions

Cancer

Study ID

NCT05415007

Start date

Sep 21, 2022

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jun 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Parents

Inclusion

  • Child (0-17yrs) with recent (<12 mo) cancer diagnosis
  • Fluent in English
  • Consent to research

Exclusion:

  • Lack of proficiency in written and spoken English
  • Parent is under age 18
  • Active Suicidal Ideation
  • Child with cancer does not provide assent

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Children

Inclusion:

  • Recent (<12 mo) cancer diagnosis in child
  • 8-17 Years old
  • Provides assent to participate in the study

Exclusion:

  • Cannot read English
  • Parent is not enrolled in the study

Anyone who is not a caregiver of children who have been diagnosed with cancer within the past 12 months will be excluded.

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: GOLD Psychosocial Program

Participant will receive a 2-hour interventional session. Its content will consist of two modules: (1) psychoeducation and coping, providing information in content areas such as side effects of cancer treatments, fever protocols, role disruption and (2) stress, triggers, and self care, where caregivers will be briefed on symptoms of and reactions to traumatic stress in order to help parents accurately label thoughts and emotions related to their child's cancer diagnosis.

active comparator: Treatment-as-Usual (TAU)

Interventions

GOLD Program

Participant will receive a 2-hour interventional session

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Participant will receive treatment-As-Usual which consist of information about diagnosis routinely-disseminated by personnel and providers.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of caregivers who enroll in the GOLD program [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Victoria E. Cosgrove, PhD

650-995-6848veileen@stanford.edu

Locations

Stanford Cancer Institute

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94305

Contacts

Victoria E. Cosgrove, PhD

650-995-6848veileen@stanford.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Stanford University

Last update posted

Jul 27, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Any types of cancer

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Stanford University on 2026-07-27.