Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Code:

NCT07675083

Conditions

Hope

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Discussion Guide

Post-session Reflection Exercise

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study looks at whether it is possible and helpful to have video call conversations about how hopes can change through the cancer journey between bereaved parents and learners at a children's cancer center.

Conditions

Hope

Study ID

NCT07675083

Start date

Jul 24, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Oct, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria

Intervention Participants must be:

  • Students, observers, trainees, and newly hired clinicians,
  • ≥18 years old,
  • participating in or observing clinical care at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and
  • willing to participate in the virtual intervention and associated study activities as learners

Intervention Facilitators must be:

  • Bereaved parents,
  • ≥ 18 years old,
  • screened and cleared to volunteer as advisers with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through Family, Guest and Volunteer Services, and
  • willing to participate in the virtual intervention and associated study activities as a facilitator

Exclusion Criteria

Intervention Participants:

  • Age < 18 years, decline participation, or unable to speak/write in conversational English.

Intervention Facilitators:

  • Age < 18 years, decline participation, or unable to speak/write in conversational English.

Study Design

Enrollment

75 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Educational Intervention

Intervention Participants: Students, observers, trainees, and newly hired clinicians ≥18 years old participating in or observing clinical care at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and willing to participate in the virtual intervention and associated study activities as learners.

Intervention Facilitators: Bereaved parents ≥ 18 years old screened and cleared to volunteer as advisers with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and willing to participate in the virtual intervention and associated study activities as a facilitator.

Interventions

Discussion Guide

See Detailed Description

Post-session Reflection Exercise

See Detailed Description

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility of Intervention and Acceptability of Intervention Measures [ Time Frame: Day 1 after virtual meeting ]
  • Survey [ Time Frame: At enrollment and day 1 after virtual meeting ]
  • Written Reflections [ Time Frame: Day 1 after virtual meeting ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Brittany Cowfer, MD

888-226-4343referralinfo@stjude.org

Locations

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Recruiting

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105

Contacts

Brittany Cowfer, MD

888-226-4343referralinfo@stjude.org

Principal Investigator:

Brittany Cowfer, MD

More Information

Sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Last update posted

Jul 29, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Cancer Journey
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH)
  • SJCRH Bereaved Parent Advisors
  • SJCRH Learners
  • Virtual Intervention

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on 2026-07-29.