N/A
N=345
SPARK Symptom Screening and Feedback to Providers
Pediatric Oncology · Quality of Life
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03593525 ↗Enrolled (actual)
345
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: SSPedi (Symptom Screening in Pediatrics) Total Scores — 13.2; 13.1; 10.2; 12.7 score on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- SPARK (Other)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult · 8+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- Primary completion
- Sep 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY SSPedi (Symptom Screening in Pediatrics) Total Scores |
13.2; 13.1; 10.2; 12.7 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants With a Self-reported Severely Bothersome SSPedi (Symptom Screening in Pediatrics) Score Per Symptom |
18; 11; 18; 17; 10; 11 | — |
| SECONDARY Faces Pain Scale-Revised |
1.6; 1.4; 1.7; 1.4 | — |
| SECONDARY PedsQL (Pediatric Quality of Life) 3.0 Acute Cancer Module |
66.5; 68.3; 69.2; 71.6; 65.5; 63.8 | — |
Summary
Supportive care Prioritization, Assessment and Recommendations for Kids (SPARK) is a web-based application which builds upon the Symptom Screening in Pediatrics Tool (SSPedi) and consists of two components: (1) a symptom screening component centered on SSPedi; and (2) a supportive care clinical practice guideline (CPG) component. This proposal is a randomized controlled trial that compares daily completion of SSPedi via SPARK for 5 days with symptom feedback to healthcare providers compared with standard of care
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- 8 to 18 years of age
- Diagnosis of cancer or have received or about to receive HSCT
- Understand English
- Expected to be in hospital or clinic for 5 day
Exclusion Criteria
- illness severity
- cognitive disability
- visual impairment
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03593525). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.