Easing Psychosocial Burden for Informal Caregivers
Completed · Early Phase 1
Conditions studied: Glioblastoma
In brief
The overall goal of this study is to determine the best time to offer Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP), an intervention that has proven to be helpful in improving spiritual well-being and decreasing existential distress among patients with advanced cancer, to caregivers. (MCP has also been shown to be an appropriate method of attending to the palliative or comfort care needs of caregivers of patients with cancer. Studies show that the psychological burden associated with caring for a patient with advanced cancer is often greater than that experienced by the patients themselves.) The investigators would also like to find out about caregivers initial impressions of MCP-C, Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers, so that the intervention can be adjusted to meet the unique needs of caregivers of patients with Glioblastoma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03454295
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 64
- Starts
- 2018-02-12
- Expected to finish
- 2024-03-26
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-04-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Part I Focus group GBM informal caregivers (ICs):
- English-speaking as English proficiency screener and in the best judgment of the consenting professional. This is due to the focus groups being managed in English and the use of certain validated questionnaires only being available in English.
- Age > 18
- IC to an MSKCC patient with GBM who died a year or more ago
- Part II Randomized Intervention of GBM ICs:
- English-speaking as per English proficiency screener and in the best judgment of the consenting professional
- Current ICs to a patient with GBM
- Age ≥ 18
- Score of > 4 on the Distress Thermometer (DT) and indication that this distress is related in some way to the caregiving role per self-report
You may not qualify if…
- In the judgment of the consenting professional, clinician or PI and/or as per medical record, severe psychopathology or cognitive impairment likely to interfere with the participation or completion of the protocol or ability to provide meaningful information
- Another family member of caregiver to the same patients is currently enrolled in the study
- Ultimately, if interested, all caregivers who decline participation or are ineligible for the study for any reason, including because another caregiver of the patient is currently enrolled in the study, will be offered referrals to the MSKCC Counseling Center and to local mental health providers
Where it is running
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Consent only) — Commack, New York, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only) — Harrison, New York, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
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