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This paper discusses challenges faced in the implementation of the NOURISH-T+ trial so far (December 2019\u2013March 2022) and describes adaptations made as a result of these disruptions in the areas of recruitment, data collection, and overall engagement. This reflection is based on a multisite cluster-RCT that aims to examine whether an intervention targeting parents as agents of change to promote healthy eating and physical activity in pediatric cancer survivors, NOURISH-T+ (Nourishing Our Understanding of Role modeling to Improve Support and Health for Healthy Transitions), reduces body mass and improves health behaviors compared to Brief NOURISH-T (Enhanced Usual Care\/EUC). The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated challenges for our trial related to participant recruitment and engagement, technology access and literacy, and data collection and management, as well as COVID-related challenges (e.g., Zoom fatigue). Strategies used to address these challenges might prove helpful in future virtual or hybrid RCTs, including developing trust and rapport with participants, providing support through multiple routes of dissemination, and using data management applications (e.g., REDCap\u2122) for automation and project management. Extra efforts to build families\u2019 trust and rapport, offering multiple routes of support, and automating as many tasks as possible are critical to ensuring the continuation of high-quality clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/tbm\/ibac084","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,3]],"date-time":"2022-11-03T18:19:15Z","timestamp":1667499555000},"page":"98-103","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Challenges and adaptations for a cluster-randomized control trial targeting parents of pediatric cancer survivors with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9639-4240","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Acadia W","family":"Buro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center , Tampa, FL , 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