NOURISH-T+: Promoting Healthy Eating and Exercise Behaviors (NOURISH-T+)
Obesity, Childhood, Cancer, Survivorship
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Obesity, Childhood
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Eligible Pediatric Cancer Survivors must be:
- 5-14 years of age at enrollment;
- Off active treatment for at least 6 months;
- At or above the 85th BMI %ile;
- Able to complete assessments with the help of clinic staff and the USF research team;
- Residing with the participating parent;
- Able to engage in PA tailored to current medical status;
- NOT taking medications that affect body weight (e.g., steroids) within 6 months of enrollment, and
- In remission -- PCS who experience a relapse of cancer during the intervention will be excused from further involvement.
- Must be English- or Spanish-speaking
Participating Parents must:
- Be either biological or adoptive and/or step mothers or fathers and must be permanent legal guardians of the PCS
- Be at least 18 years old
- Identifies as the main meal preparer at home
- Must be English- or Spanish-speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Parents are ineligible if they are non-ambulatory and/or do not reside at least 50% of the time with their participating child.
- Female parents who are currently pregnant will be excluded from the study.
- Children are ineligible to participate if they are non-ambulatory. In addition, children who are wards of the state will be excluded from the study.
Sites / Locations
- Children's National Hospital
- University of Florida Health SystemRecruiting
- University of Miami Health SystemRecruiting
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital
- USF PediatricsRecruiting
- Emory UniversityRecruiting
- Johns Hopkins MedicineRecruiting
- Washington University School of MedicineRecruiting
- Hackensack Meridian HealthRecruiting
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
NOURISH-T+
EUC - Brief NOURISH-T+
NOURISH-T+ targets parents as agents of change by providing intensive parent skills training emphasizing role modeling of positive health behaviors to foster the development of healthy eating and physical activity in pediatric cancer survivors. The NOURISH-T+ group will have 6 weekly, 1-1.5 hour, manualized sessions delivered using video-conferencing. There will be 2 additional brief sessions where the child will participate along with their parent to promote child engagement. Additionally, there will be one session with a pediatric oncology dietician based out of Nicklaus Children's Hospital who will discuss personalized nutritional strategies. Brief booster sessions at 2-, 4-, 8-, and 10- months will maximize retention and follow-up participation. NOURISH-T+ content is theory-based, manualized, and builds upon strengths of our prior work with NOURISH-T (our pilot) and NOURISH (our work with otherwise healthy overweight and obese children).
The EUC condition (Brief NOURISH-T+) engages parents in one information session moderated by a USF-based interventionist using videoconferencing. Session content is taken from the publicly available We Can! Manual. Parents in this group will receive nationally available web-based brochures on pediatric overweight/obesity on two occasions during the 6 weeks that NOURISH-T+ families participate in the study. Check-ins will take place at 2-, 4-, 8-, and 10- months post-intervention.