Digital Art Therapy for Young Cancer Survivors

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Study ID
NCT06789666
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Adolescent and Young Adult With Brain Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Pediatric Cancer
  • Pediatric Malignancies
  • Pediatric Sarcoma of Soft Tissue

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 25 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • ARTCan App — BEHAVIORAL
    The ARTCan App is an art therapy technology application program. The application can be accessed via the web (via computer, phone, or on a device such as an iPad). With the use of the application, participants complete weekly sessions that culminate in an "art" piece. Note that participants are not required to have expertise in drawing; developing art skills or assessing the quality of art pieces is not the focus of the ARTCan program. Subjects will upload a photo of the art they created to this application to show proof of completion of art therapy. They will also answer questions specific to the art therapy theme for the week.

Study Details

This is a single-site, single-arm, interventional study assessing the feasibility of the ARTCan Therapy Application (App) and whether it is an acceptable means of administering art therapy to young adult cancer survivors. The ARTCan Therapy App guides participants through a 6-week digital art therapy program. Subjects will participate in weekly art therapy prompts guided by the app and will complete weekly mental health quality of life (MHQoL) surveys during the intervention. In addition, baseline and end-of-intervention patient-reported outcome measures (PROMIS-DSF8a) and an acceptability survey will be administered. The hypothesis is that digital art therapy is feasible for young adult cancer survivors with self-reported mood issues and is an acceptable means of administering art therapy in the patient population.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 7, 2025
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2027
Completion
Apr 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
15 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Digital Art Therapy
    All participants will receive art therapy via the ARTCan App for 6 weeks, and will also be prompted to complete mental health quality of life surveys at baseline and each week, which will be available for the therapist to review.

Primary Outcome Measure

Feasibility of art therapy [ Time Frame: Up to 6 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel HillNorth Carolina27599
Devine McCarthy
[email protected]
919-445-4208
Patricia Brock
[email protected]
+1 919-962-8491
Soma Sengupta, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Bridget Pemberton-Smith, LLC (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Zev Nakamura, MD (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Claudia Rebola (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Heekyoung Jung (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)

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