Digital help for learning and daily skills after childhood cancer
Leveraging Digital Health Solutions to Reduce Learning and Functional Disparities in Children with Cancer
This project tries a parent-focused digital program to help children treated for leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma improve thinking, learning, and school skills.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Duarte, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11212385 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
As a parent of a child treated for leukemia, this project offers a digital version of the High-Intensity Intervention Program (HIP) that teaches you about how treatment can affect brain development and gives practical tools to support your child’s behavior, learning, and study habits. The team is adapting their proven in-person HIP into online modules in English and Spanish to overcome travel and scheduling barriers and to include stress-management strategies for families. Families will use remote sessions, interactive materials, and follow-up contacts while researchers track changes in learning, behavior, and daily functioning. The goal is to see whether delivering the program digitally increases access and improves educational and functional outcomes for survivors.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Children and adolescent survivors of leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma with treatment-related learning or cognitive difficulties, and their parents or caregivers (including English- and Spanish-speaking families), are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: Children without neurocognitive late effects or families without reliable internet access or who prefer in-person services may not gain benefit from this digital program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, families could more easily access support that improves children's learning, behavior, and long-term independence after cancer treatment.
How similar studies have performed: Pilot trials of the in-person HIP showed benefits in English- and Spanish-speaking families, but delivering the program digitally is a newer approach.
Where this research is happening
Duarte, United States
- Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope — Duarte, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Patel, Sunita K — Beckman Research Institute/city of Hope
- Study coordinator: Patel, Sunita K
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.