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Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Cancer

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell University
Started2025-02-13
Est. completion2027-04-01
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations2 sites

Summary

This is a pilot trial of the effects of spiritual care interventions on spiritual well-being and readiness to engage in advance care planning (ACP) among black patients with advanced cancer recruited from outpatient settings to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger trial of effects of early integration of spiritual care into outpatient oncology care on patient outcomes.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosed with a life-limiting, advanced cancer.
2. Identifies racially as black or African American.
3. Is fluent in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Have received medical system-based spiritual care within the past 2 months.
2. Have already completed a DNR order.
3. Are too weak or cognitively impaired to engage in study activities

Conditions2

Advanced CancerCancer

Locations2 sites

New York

1 site
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, New York, 11215
Madison K Pavao, B.S.646-962-5650mkp4005@med.cornell.edu

Texas

1 site
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Galveston, Texas, 77555

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