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AdolescentsNCT00571311

Parental Permission and Adolescent Assent and Decision-Making in Clinical Research

An observational study of Adolescents, run by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) at 1 site 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

This study will evaluate how adolescents enrolled in clinical research and their parents: Understood the study information presented before they agreed to participate Made decisions about enrolling in the study Experienced the process of assent and consent Perceive the experience of participating in research The study… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 13 to 18 years
Conditions the study is for
Adolescents
How many people
356 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
10 Dec 2007to 12 Mar 2018
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 13 to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age 13 to 18.
  • Currently enrolled in clinical research.
  • Gave assent to participate in the primary study within the previous 6 months.
  • Physically and cognitively able and willing to participate in a 30-minute interview.
  • Able to understand and speak English or Spanish.
  • Parent of an eligible adolescent
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  • Physically and cognitively able and willing to participate in a 30 minute interview.
  • Gave permission for their child to participate in the primary study within the previous 6 months
  • Able to understand and speak English or Spanish

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892

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About this study

Official title: Parental Permission and Adolescent Assent and Decision Making in Clinical Research

This study will evaluate how adolescents enrolled in clinical research and their parents:

  • Understood the study information presented before they agreed to participate
  • Made decisions about enrolling in the study
  • Experienced the process of assent and consent
  • Perceive the experience of participating in research
Read more

The study will determine how adolescents and their parents evaluate risk and benefit, what information they use in making their research enrollment decisions, and how these decisions are made.

In recent years the medical community and the federal government have increasingly recognized the need to conduct pediatric research. Several initiatives have resulted in an expanding number of studies that include children. With more pediatric research comes the need to ensure that protections for the rights and safety of children enrolled in research are performing well.

Adolescent patients between 13 and 18 years of age who are enrolled in a research study at the NIH involving cancer, diabetes mellitus, vaccines, obesity, bipolar disorder, and HIV, as well as healthy adolescent controls, may be eligible. One parent of each adolescent also participates.

Participants are interviewed at the NIH Clinical Center. Each interview will last about 30 minutes and consists of questions in the following areas:

  • Demographics (age, sex, ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status, etc.)
  • Brief medical history of the adolescent
  • Experience and satisfaction with the parental permission/assent process
  • Motivations for participating in clinical research
  • Decision-making process
  • Willingness to accept certain types and levels of hypothetical risks in a study, including those of side effects and invasive procedures
  • Willingness to enroll with different chances of possible benefit
  • Comparison with other activities
  • General understanding of research
Read the detailed description

This study aims to better understand how adolescents enrolled in clinical research and their parents understood the study information presented, made decisions about enrolling, experienced the process of assent and consent, and perceive the experience of participating in research. Interviews will be conducted with adolescents participating in clinical research and with one of their parents. Adolescents with a number of disorders including cancer, chronic diseases, bipolar disorder, obesity, and HIV, as well as healthy controls who are enrolled in NIH intramural protocols will be interviewed.

Conditions
Adolescents
Keywords
Assent, Adolescent, Informed Consent

Timeline

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

  1. First posted12 Dec 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study start10 Dec 2007
  3. Study completion12 Mar 2018

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
356 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00571311
Sponsor's protocol ID
080032
Other IDs
08-CC-0032
Status last verified
12 Mar 2018
First submitted
11 Dec 2007
Last updated
9 Oct 2019
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Burke TM, Abramovitch R, Zlotkin S. Children's understanding of the risks and benefits associated with research. J Med Ethics. 2005 Dec;31(12):715-20. doi: 10.1136/jme.2003.003228.

    PubMed 16319237
  • Brody JL, Scherer DG, Annett RD, Pearson-Bish M. Voluntary assent in biomedical research with adolescents: a comparison of parent and adolescent views. Ethics Behav. 2003;13(1):79-95. doi: 10.1207/S15327019EB1301_10.

    PubMed 14552306
  • Brody JL, Annett RD, Scherer DG, Perryman ML, Cofrin KM. Comparisons of adolescent and parent willingness to participate in minimal and above-minimal risk pediatric asthma research protocols. J Adolesc Health. 2005 Sep;37(3):229-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.09.026.

    PubMed 16109343

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Adolescents, run by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) at 1 site 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 9 inclusion and 0 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 9 Oct 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00571311, which also lists 3 linked publications.

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 9 Oct 2019.

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