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OncologyPROMIS AYANCT03482778

Measuring Health Related Quality of Life in AYAs

An observational study of Oncology and Quality of Life, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 3 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

AIM1a: AYAs with cancer experience many challenges that impact their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) but few measures adequately capture AYAs' HRQOL in valid and reliable ways. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 to 39 years
Conditions the study is for
Oncology, Quality of Life
How many people
165 participants
Where
3 sitesUnited States
Study dates
9 Feb 2018to 3 Dec 2024
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 15 to 39 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Study population: Adolescents or young adults diagnosed with cancer (except for basal cell skin cancer) at 15 to 39 years of age. Patients who have met with a reproductive specialist or who have indicated a pre-treatment desire to have biological children will be prioritized in recruitment.

Who may be able to join

  • 15 to 39 years of age
  • Diagnosed with cancer at 15 to 39 years of age
  • Able to read and understand English
  • Have a new cancer diagnosis and are receiving curative treatment OR are currently 0 to 5 years post-treatment
  • 18 years or age or older.
  • Able to read and understand English
  • Have a child/ward/partner for whom they are providing care and at least partly financially responsible.
  • Have a child/ward/partner who is 15 to 25 years of age and meets the other criteria as an eligible AYA participant based on the AYA patient inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Who cannot join

  • Diagnosed with basal cell skin cancer
  • Experienced a cancer recurrence
  • Currently receiving palliative or hospice care
  • Had an infertility diagnosis prior to their cancer diagnosis
  • Report a significant psychiatric history
  • AYA Caregivers:

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country.

United States3 sites
  • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • Brenner Children's Hospital

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157

  • Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157

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About this study

Official title: Optimizing Health Related Quality of Life Measurement in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology:

AIM1a:

AYAs with cancer experience many challenges that impact their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) but few measures adequately capture AYAs' HRQOL in valid and reliable ways. The main goal of the study is to expand the use of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to provide valid and reliable assessment of important HRQOL concerns for AYAs. The study team will do this by validating existing PROMIS measures and developing and validating new measures of financial distress, fertility/parenthood concerns, and body image concerns for AYAs with cancer.

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AIM1b:

Investigators have developed conceptual frameworks and created item pools for body image, fertility, and financial burden domains and are ready to proceed with the next aim of our measure development work, cognitive interview testing.

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AIM1a:

There are approximately 70,000 new diagnoses of cancer annually in adolescents and young adults (AYAs; ages 15-39), and nearly 2 million people in the United States are living with or have survived being diagnosed with cancer as an AYA. Despite the high number of AYA survivors, survival rates of AYAs have not kept pace with those of their younger or older counterparts. AYAs face unique challenges given the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial developmental milestones that may be disrupted as a result of their cancer experience. In addition to the age-related disparities in survival rates, AYAs are at greater risk of significant psychological and financial distress compared to older adults with cancer. Accordingly, assessing and better understanding the unique needs and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of this important, underserved group as they manage their cancer experience is essential in order to optimize and tailor supportive care approaches.

A few HRQOL conceptual frameworks exist that describe the types of symptom burden and functional impact experienced by AYAs with cancer, but most HRQOL measures fail to capture the range of HRQOL domains that are important to AYAs. Further, measures of HRQOL specifically developed for AYAs lack common items and standardized scoring approaches across the age range of 15-39, limiting the ability to understand the unique needs of this age group. The NIH's Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) assesses most of the relevant HRQOL domains (pain, fatigue, anxiety, depression, cognitive functioning, physical functioning, sexual functioning, and social support) but has not been validated in AYAs and PROMIS does not include key domains such as financial distress, body image concerns, or fertility/ parenthood concerns that provide a complete perspective of HRQOL in AYAs with cancer.

The main objective of the study is to expand the use of PROMIS to provide reliable and valid assessment of important HRQOL concerns for AYAs. To accomplish this goal, the study team propose the following specific aims: (1) develop item pools of financial distress, body image concerns, and fertility/parenthood concerns for AYAs with cancer using PROMIS measurement development methodologies; (2) calibrate item banks and short forms of financial distress, body image concerns, and fertility/ parenthood concerns in a large, developmentally diverse sample of AYAs with and without cancer; and (3) validate newly developed short forms of financial distress, body image concerns, and fertility/ parenthood concerns along with existing PROMIS short forms in a developmentally and clinically diverse, prospective sample of AYAs with cancer.

At the end of this research study, the investigators will have a psychometrically robust, state-of-the-art measurement system tailored to AYAs' unique HRQOL needs. Through the identification, adaptation, and development of reliable, valid, and responsive measures of HRQOL for AYAs with cancer, the investigators will give these underserved patients a voice and provide the assessment tools clinicians and researchers need to enhance patient-centered care.

AIM1b:

In this project, are utilizing the cutting-edge measures and scientific standards of the PROMIS in the development of new item banks for financial burden, body image, and fertility, and in the examination of the psychometric properties of existing PROMIS measures for use in AYAs with cancer. For the purposes of this current protocol, investigators will focus on the cognitive interview stage of this process to evaluate the comprehensibility of the preliminary item pools.

Keywords
PROMIS, AYA, ONCOLOGY, HRQOL, Adolescent and Young Adult, Health Related Quality of Life Measurement, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT03482778
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
AYA Patients - AIM1AQualitative data collection will occur through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with AYA patients (n=36). AYA patients are eligible if they: (1) are 15 to 39 years of age, (2) were diagnosed with cancer at 15 to 39 years of age; (3) are able to read and understand English; (4) have a new cancer diagnosis and are receiving curative treatment OR are currently 0 to 5 years post-treatment. AYA patients will be excluded if they: (1) were diagnosed with basal cell skin cancer; (2) experienced a cancer recurrence; (3) are currently receiving palliative or hospice care; (4) had an infertility diagnosis prior to their cancer diagnosis, or (5) report a significant psychiatric history.
AYA Providers - AIM1AQualitative data collection will occur through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with AYA providers (n=36). Providers will be health professionals who provide supportive care for AYAs to help address financial, body image, and fertility/future parenthood concerns or needs. Psychosocial providers (e.g., social workers, patient navigators, psychologists) will all be eligible to participate. We will also include reproductive endocrinologists, nurse practitioners, and other medical professionals who have expertise in the appropriate area of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Additional inclusion criteria will be: (1) provision of care to AYAs; (2) ≥2 years practicing; (3) English-speaking.
Content Experts - AIM1AQualitative data collection will occur through one-on-one semi-structured interviews with content experts (n=36). Content experts are a purposive sample of scientists and clinicians who have recognized expertise in each of the three domains of interest to this project - financial burden, body image, and fertility/future parenthood.
AYA Patients - AIM1BFive forms have been created for AYA patients (n=25). Each form consists of 25 to 30 items. Forms for AYA patients include an even number of items from the body image, financial burden, and fertility domains counterbalanced in order of administration to reduce the potential for order effects. Participants will also complete a sociodemographic form and, to evaluate literacy and reading grade equivalent, an interviewer-administered Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-5) will also be completed. Only the Word Reading portion of the WRAT-5 will be administered to the participants. Cognitive interviews will be conducted over 2 rounds with half the sample comprising each round. Items substantially revised from Round 1 will be re-evaluated in Round 2.
AYA Caregivers - AIM1BTwo forms for AYA caregivers (n=10). Each form consists of 25 to 30 items. Forms for AYA caregivers only include items from the financial burden domain. Participants will also complete a sociodemographic form and, to evaluate literacy and reading grade equivalent, an interviewer-administered Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-5) will also be completed. Only the Word Reading portion of the WRAT-5 will be administered to the participants. Cognitive interviews will be conducted over 2 rounds with half the sample comprising each round. Items substantially revised from Round 1 will be re-evaluated in Round 2.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number and type of themes for financial burden - Aim1A

    Guided by the interviews with AYA patients, AYA providers, and content experts, and the discussions with our project team, we will identify a conceptual framework for financial burden that will guide the identification and writing of self-report items to assess this important dimension of health-related quality of life among AYAs.

    Measured: Baseline

  2. Number and type of themes for body image - Aim1A

    Guided by the interviews with AYA patients, AYA providers, and content experts, and the discussions with our project team, we will identify a conceptual framework for body image that will guide the identification and writing of self-report items to assess this important dimension of health-related quality of life among AYAs.

    Measured: Baseline

  3. Number and type of themes for fertility and future parenthood - Aim1A

    Guided by the interviews with AYA patients, AYA providers, and content experts, and the discussions with our project team, we will identify a conceptual framework for fertility and future parenthood that will guide the identification and writing of self-report items to assess this important dimension of health-related quality of life among AYAs.

    Measured: Baseline

  4. Number of Participants with Adequate Understanding of Trial Themes Through Cognitive Interviews

    Investigators will ascertain: (a) comprehension of the question (i.e., what does the respondent believe the question is asking; what do specific words, phrases and concepts in the question mean to the respondent); (b) the processes used by the respondent to retrieve relevant information from memory (i.e., what does the respondent need to recall to be able to answer the question; what strategies does the respondent use to retrieve the information); and (c) response processes (i.e., can the respondent match his/her response to the question's response options). Participant responses to interview questions will be coded 0 or 1 reflecting adequate comprehension or misunderstanding. Translatability review will also be conducted by FACITtrans to identify items/concepts that may not translate easily or prove to have limited or no conceptual equivalence in other cultures and to suggest alternative wording changes.

    Measured: Baseline

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Mar 2018
  2. Study start9 Feb 2018
  3. Primary completion3 Dec 2024
  4. Study completion3 Dec 2024

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
165 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03482778
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00044525
Other IDs
CCCWFU04617
Acronym
PROMIS AYA
Status last verified
Feb 2025
First submitted
8 Mar 2018
Last updated
11 Feb 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Oncology and Quality of Life, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 3 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Feb 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number and type of themes for financial burden - Aim1A (time frame: Baseline). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Feb 2025.

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