Status:

COMPLETED

Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Conditions:

Advanced Solid Tumor

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized clinical trial of a psychosocial pain management intervention called, Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training (MCPC). Patients with advanced solid tumor cancer and at l...

Detailed Description

Many patients with advanced cancer describe pain as their most feared and distressing symptom. In this population, higher pain levels often predict worse physical, emotional, and existential/spiritual...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Stage IV solid tumor cancer diagnosis; or stage III pancreatic or lung cancer diagnosis
  • At least moderate pain (worst pain in past week \>/= 4 out of 10) at screening
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status \</= 2 at screening
  • Ability to speak and read English

Exclusion

  • Brain tumor diagnosis
  • Significant cognitive impairment
  • Untreated serious mental illness that would interfere with engagement in the interventions (e.g., schizophrenia)
  • Previous engagement in Pain Coping Skills Training or Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy
  • Enrollment in hospice

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 9 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 3 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04431830

Start Date

February 9 2021

End Date

May 3 2022

Last Update

May 4 2022

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705