Recruiting

Creative Arts

Sponsor:

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Code:

NCT06342453

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm

Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 13

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Art Therapy

Discussion

Media Intervention

Survey Administration

Study Details

Brief summary:

This clinical trial is being done to develop and test how well creative arts interventions (drawing, painting, making sculptures) compared to watching videos can affect symptoms and impact the quality of life in children with cancer. Creative arts mind-body interventions (CrA) are one type of complementary health interventions which have been associated with improved quality of life and reduced symptom burden among children with cancer. CrA is an ideal intervention for children with cancer due to the long hours spent in the hospital setting for treatments, the creativity and developmental focus of children, and their potential ability to communicate more easily through art than words. Researchers want to develop and test a CrA intervention to help improve symptoms and the quality of life of children with cancer.

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm

Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Study ID

NCT06342453

Start date

Jun 4, 2024

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 13

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 8 to 13 years of age
  • Have been diagnosed with cancer of any type in the prior 12 months
  • Be English literate (we will amend this criterium when the study surveys are validated in Spanish). Parent/caregiver of child participant may be Spanish speaking
  • Physically and cognitively able to participate in creative arts
  • Expected to receive enough treatment at local site to participate in all four intervention sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not English literate
  • Otherwise unable to complete study procedures

Study Design

Enrollment

72 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Phase I (focus group)

Patients participate in focus groups to develop CrA intervention on study.

experimental: Phase II arm I (CrA)

Patients participate in CrA interventions comprising drawing, painting, and making sculptures with a trained artist for 30 minutes once a week for 4 sessions over 12 weeks.

active comparator: Phase II arm II (watch videos)

Patients passively watch videos for 30 minutes once a week for 4 sessions over 12 weeks.

Interventions

Art Therapy

Participate in CrA

Discussion

Participate in art focus group, art-making

Media Intervention

Watch videos

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants that complete all interventions and data collection time points [ Time Frame: Up to day 90 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mia Nolting, BFA

415-518-4686noltingm@ohsu.edu

Locations

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Recruiting

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Contacts

Jennifer L. Raybin

503-418-5150raybin@ohsu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Jennifer L. Raybin

More Information

Sponsor

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Last update posted

Aug 25, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by OHSU Knight Cancer Institute on 2026-08-25.