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

Last updated: January 29, 2025
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers

Clinical Study ID

NCT06307535
23-376
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study 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 Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 or over;

  • As per self-report, a current caregiver to a patient with Stage III or IV solidtumor 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 DistressThermometer (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 theability to complete sessions while complying with current telehealth regulations.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participant does not have a reasonable understanding of the study activities by thejudgment of the consenting professional;

  • Engagement in regular individual psychotherapeutic support that the participant isunable or unwilling to put on hold for the course of treatment.

Study Design

Total Participants: 200
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
March 13, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
March 01, 2029

Connect with a study center

  • University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey 07748
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey 07645
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)

    Commack, New York 11725
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)

    Harrison, New York 10604
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)

    Rockville Centre, New York 11553
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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