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A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Started2024-03-13
Est. completion2029-03-01
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations8 sites
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NCT06307535

Summary

Participants will complete 1 set of questionnaires about 2 weeks before beginning their Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers/MCP-C or standard Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers/SP-C sessions. These questionnaires will ask about participants' sense of meaning and purpose in life, spiritual well-being, depression and/or anxiety, and social support. Participants will then be assigned to receive either MCP-C or SP-C for 7 sessions. Participants will complete additional sets of questionnaires about 2 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after their last session of MCP-C or SP-C. It will take between 35 and 50 minutes to complete each set of questionnaires. After participants complete the MCP-C or SP-C sessions and all 4 sets of questionnaires, their participation in this study will end. If participants decide not to complete all 7 sessions, they may still choose to complete the questionnaires. Participants may remain in the study and continue to receive all 7 sessions of MCP-C or SP-C even if their loved one passes away.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 or over;
* As per self-report, a current caregiver to a patient with Stage III or IV solid tumor cancer currently receiving medical care of any kind (e.g., curative, palliative);
* Experiences distress as evidenced by a score of 4 or greater on the Distress Thermometer (DT) and an indication that this distress is associated with caregiving;
* As per self-report, can read and understand English;
* As per self-report, residing in New York, New Jersey, or Florida, or have the ability to complete sessions while complying with current telehealth regulations.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participant does not have a reasonable understanding of the study activities by the judgment of the consenting professional;
* Engagement in regular individual psychotherapeutic support that the participant is unable or unwilling to put on hold for the course of treatment.

Conditions4

CancerCaregiver BurdenCaregiver BurnoutCaregiver Stress Syndrome

Locations8 sites

University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)
Miami, Florida, 33136
Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD305-243-8983
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920
Talia Zaider, PhD646-888-0162zaidert@mskcc.org
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748
Talia Zaider, PhD646-888-0162zaidert@mskcc.org
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645
Talia Zaider, PhD646-888-0162zaidert@mskcc.org
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)
Commack, New York, 11725
Talia Zaider, PhD646-888-0162zaidert@mskcc.org

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