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CompletedNCT03330080Updated Mar 8, 2019

Examination of Sleep and Family Functioning in Pediatric Craniopharyngioma Patients

An observational study in Craniopharyngioma, sponsored by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 8 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-08.

Sponsored by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
41
Ages
8 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 43 studies in Craniopharyngioma with a site in United States — 5 open to participants now, 12 under way, none of them phase 3. Craniopharyngioma · United States.

Started
2018
with 1 other
Observational
5 of 43
1 open now
Registered
34th of 43
by date
Lead sponsor
5 of 43
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Among the 43 studies in Craniopharyngioma with a site in United States, this one is one of 2 that started in 2018, is one of 5 observational ones, and was the 34th registered.

Craniopharyngioma

76 studies on the registry are indexed under Craniopharyngioma; 19 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

5 of the 43 studies in Craniopharyngioma with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 13 Craniopharyngioma studies recruiting now, 5 (38%) set no upper age limit and 7 (54%) stop at 75 or younger; 5 take children under 18; none take healthy volunteers.

This study: 8 Years to 18 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Pediatric craniopharyngioma patients experience significant endocrine and sleep dysregulation difficulties. Sleep is a crucial part of children's healthy development, and sleep difficulties are associated with severe functional morbidity. Insufficient sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness, and poor sleep quality have all been significantly related to academic, behavioral, and emotional functioning in children and adolescents. Ecological momentary assessments (EMA) will be used to collect observational data.

EMA data will be collected twice daily for one week. For the morning EMA administration, participants will be asked about their sleep. During the evening administration, participants will be asked about their daytime sleepiness, overall well-being, and family functioning. Covariates also administered during the evening administration include medication administration (Y/N) and total screen time. At the end of the EMA data collection period (on day 7 OR 8), participants will be sent a survey asking them to report - anonymously - their overall experience and satisfaction with the EMA data collection method.

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After recruitment and informed consent/assent is obtained for the current study, participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire battery online (via REDCap) assessing sleep habits, daytime sleepiness, family routines, family functioning, and overall quality of life in the past six months. The relationship between subjective sleep ratings obtained from the parent craniopharyngioma study at St. Jude (RT2CR) at diagnosis and 3 months later (T1 and T2) and family functioning/routines at the follow-up study (T3) will be assessed. The researchers have permission to use data for all participants who consent to participate in this follow-up EMA study.

Children will be sent electronic surveys two times per day (i.e., morning and evening) for seven days using Ilumivu software (https://ilumivu.com/mema-demo). Ilumivu is an established EMA tool that offers an in-mobile app for participants to respond to questionnaires in real time with limited burden. This application will send notifications to participants to remind them to complete surveys and record response times for each survey.

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Conditions studied

  • Craniopharyngioma

Keywords

  • Ecological momentary assessment
  • Sleepiness
  • Fatigue
  • Endocrinopathy
  • Family functioning
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
8 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Participants for the proposed study will be children who participated in the parent study (ages 8-18 at the time of enrollment on RT2CR) and have an ongoing relationship with the study team. They will be contacted during their follow-up clinic visits and invited to participate in this additional study. Parental consent and participant assent (if age \<18) or consent (if age ≥18) for the proposed study will be obtained in-person.

Two institutions will collaborate in the proposed project: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), however, recruitment, patient enrollment, and data collection will only take place at St. Jude.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Craniopharyngioma diagnosis
  • Access to smartphone or a tablet
  • Agreement to download Ilumivu application
  • The ability for the participant to answer questionnaires (i.e., no cognitive or developmental diagnoses that would preclude understanding and completing child self-report questionnaires)
  • Age between 8 and 18 years old at the time of enrollment onto St. Jude protocol RT2CR.
  • Participated in sleep study component of RT2CR

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Limited English proficiency as evidenced by an inability to read and respond to EMA survey questions
  • Visual or sensorimotor impairment (e.g., loss of sight)
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
41 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)

    The ecological momentary assessment (EMA) will be used for participants to complete surveys from home on two occasions each day over seven days.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of participation

    Study feasibility will be assessed by calculating the participation rate as follows: the number of participants who agree to participants divided by the number who are approached to participate.

    Time frame: Once at enrollment

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Study locations

1 site
  • St . Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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References and documents

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Feb 2018 to primary completion in Jan 2019, 11 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 31, 2017
First posted
Nov 6, 2017
StartActual
Feb 12, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jan 29, 2019
CompletionActual
Jan 29, 2019
Last update
Mar 8, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 8, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03330080
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 6, 2017
Start date
Feb 12, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 29, 2019
Completion
Jan 29, 2019
Last update
Mar 8, 2019

Study contacts

Valerie Crabtree, PhD
principal investigator · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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