A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06307535
- Run by
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2024-03-13
- Expected to finish
- 2029-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-26
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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, Connecticut, or Florida, or have the ability to complete sessions while complying with current telehealth regulations.
You may not qualify if…
- 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.
Where it is running
- University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis) — Miami, Florida, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities) — Middletown, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities) — Montvale, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity) — Commack, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only) — Harrison, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites) — Rockville Centre, New York, United States (enrolling)
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