Biology and Benefits of Music Play and Stories for Kids/Parents During ALL Treatment
a study on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Leukemia Cancer, General Lymphoma
Summary
- Eligibility
- for people ages 3-8 (full criteria)
- Location
- at Oakland, California and other locations
- Dates
- study startedcompletion around
- Principal Investigator
- by Jennifer Michlitsch, MD
Description
Summary
Music therapy has become a standard palliative care service in many pediatric and adult hospitals; however, a majority of music therapy research has focused on the use of music to improve psychosocial dimensions of health, without considering biological dimensions. This study builds on prior work examining the psychosocial mechanisms of action underlying an Active Music Engagement (AME) intervention, designed to help manage emotional distress and improve positive health outcomes in young children with cancer and parents, by examining its effects on biomarkers of stress and immune function. The purposes of this two group, randomized controlled trial are to examine biological mechanisms of effect and dose-response relationships of AME on child/parent stress during the consolidation phase of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) treatment. Specific aims are to: Aim 1. Establish whether AME lowers child and parent cortisol during ALL treatment. Aim 2. Examine cortisol as a mediator of AME effects on child and parent outcomes during ALL treatment. Aim 3 (exploratory). Examine the dose-response relationship of AME on child and parent cortisol during ALL treatment. Findings will provide a more holistic understanding about how active music interventions work to mitigate cancer-related stress and its potential to improve immune function, with direct implications for the evidence-based use of music to improve health.
Official Title
Biologic Mechanisms and Dosing of Active Music Engagement in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Parents
Details
Music therapy has become a standard palliative care service in many pediatric and adult hospitals. However, a majority of music therapy research has focused on the use of music to improve psychosocial dimensions of health, without considering biological dimensions. In addition, few studies have examined dose-response relationships. Cancer treatment is an inherently stressful experience, and a significant number of young children and parents (caregivers) experience persistent, interrelated emotional distress and poor quality of life. Many parents also experience traumatic stress symptoms because of their child's cancer diagnosis and treatment. The investigators previously tested an Active Music Engagement (AME) intervention that uses active music play to diminish stressful attributes of cancer treatment to help manage emotional/traumatic distress experienced by young children (ages 3-8) and parents and improve quality of life. A recent AME trial is examining psychosocial mechanisms of action responsible for change in child/parent outcomes. The current study expands on this work by examining AME's effects on several biomarkers to provide a more holistic understanding about how active music interventions work to mitigate cancer-related stress and its potential to improve immune function. The purposes of this two group, randomized controlled trial are to examine biological mechanisms of effect and dose-response relationships of AME on child/parent stress during the consolidation phase of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) treatment. Specific aims are to: 1) establish whether AME lowers child and parent cortisol, 2) examine cortisol as a mediator of AME effects on child and parent outcomes, and 3) examine the dose-response relationship of AME on child and parent cortisol. Child/parent dyads (n=250) will be stratified (by age, site, ALL risk level) and randomized in blocks of four to AME or attention control. Each group will receive one 45-minute session during weekly clinic visits for the duration of ALL consolidation (4 weeks standard risk; 8 weeks high risk). Parents will complete measures at baseline and following the last study session. Child and parent salivary cortisol samples will be taken pre and post-session for the first 4 AME or attention control sessions. Child blood samples will be reserved from routine blood draws prior to sessions 1 and 4 (all participants) and session 8 (high risk participants). Linear mixed models will be used to estimate AME's effect on child and parent cortisol. Examining child and parent cortisol as mediators of AME effects on child and parent outcomes will be performed in an ANCOVA setting, fitting the appropriate mediation models using MPlus and then testing indirect effects using the percentile bootstrap approach to estimate the indirect effect. Graphical plots and non-linear repeated measures models will be used to examine the dose-response relationship of AME on child and parent cortisol.
Keywords
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Pediatric, Pediatric Cancer, Leukemia, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Lymphoid Leukemia, Active Music Engagement, Audio Storybooks
Eligibility
You can join if…
Open to people ages 3-8
- Child is 3 - 8 years of age at time of enrollment
- Child has diagnosis of standard or high risk B- or T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or lymphoblastic lymphoma (LyLy)
- Child is currently receiving induction therapy
- One parent (>18 years of age) can be present for all sessions.
You CAN'T join if...
- Child has Ph+ ALL,
- Child has Cushing disease,
- Child is taking steroid medication for asthma and/or has asthma that is not well controlled,
- The parent does not speak English, or
- The child has a significant cognitive impairment that might hinder participation (determination made in consultation with attending physician, oncologist, and parents).
Locations
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
accepting new patients
Oakland California 94609 United States - Children's Mercy Hospital
accepting new patients
Kansas City Missouri 64108 United States - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
accepting new patients
Chicago Illinois 60611 United States - Riley Hospital for Children
accepting new patients
Indianapolis Indiana 46202 United States
Lead Scientist at UCSF
Details
- Status
- accepting new patients
- Start Date
- Completion Date
- (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
- ID
- NCT04400071
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Participants
- Expecting 250 study participants
- Last Updated