Recruiting

Cancer Care Companion

Sponsor:

Washington University School of Medicine

Code:

NCT07278778

Conditions

Pediatric Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Cancer Care Companion

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study invites parents of children with cancer to use an electronic health record (EHR)-based communication tool, called the Cancer Care Companion, and assess the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the tool.

Conditions

Pediatric Cancer

Study ID

NCT07278778

Start date

Feb 4, 2026

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Aug 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Eligibility Criteria for Parents:

Parents of children with cancer will be enrolled if they meet the following criteria:

  • They are a legal guardian of a child diagnosed with cancer in the prior 4 weeks.
  • The child plans to receive or currently receives cancer directed therapy at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
  • The parent or legal guardian has access to internet through a computer or smart phone.
  • Speaks and reads in English
  • The parent or legal guardian agrees to enroll in Epic MyChart to access a proxy portal for their child.

Eligibility Criteria for Clinicians:

  • Clinicians with patients who have parents participating may be enrolled. Clinician participants will be employed at SLCH or Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM). The clinicians will include physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurse coordinators from the leukemia/lymphoma, brain tumor, and solid tumor teams in order to represent the breadth of pediatric cancer diagnoses.

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: All Participants

All participants receive the Cancer Care Companion program. There is no control or comparison group.

Interventions

Cancer Care Companion

The investigators will provide parents access the Cancer Care Companion through Epic MyChart. If a participant has not enrolled in MyChart, the investigator will provide instructional materials and assist with registration. Parents will use the Cancer Care Companion for 3 months during which they will complete tasks including educational modules, check-in surveys, and patient stories. Participants may opt-out of receiving the patient stories. During the 3-month intervention, participants will receive 13 educational tasks, 7 check-in surveys, and 5 patient stories (if requested). The Day 1 educational task will include an overview of the program and further instructions. After enrollment, participants will retain access to Cancer Care Companion for at least 3 months, during which they can revisit the content.

Primary outcome measure

  • Tool feasibility [ Time Frame: Immediately post-intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Bryan A Sisk, MD, MSCI

314-273-9084siskb@wustl.edu

Locations

Washington University School of Medicine/Saint Louis Children's Hospital

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Contacts

Bryan Sisk, MD, MSCI

314-454-6018siskb@wustl.edu

Principal Investigator:

Bryan Sisk, MD, MSCI

More Information

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Last update posted

Feb 6, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • communication
  • electronic medical record
  • pediatric cancer

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Washington University School of Medicine on 2026-02-06.