Actively Recruiting
Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Advanced Cancer
Led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Updated on 2025-10-02
190
Participants Needed
4
Research Sites
593 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead Sponsor
L
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to adapt a counseling intervention called Meaning Centered Psychotherapy to make it culturally relevant for Latinos. Cancer affects patients and their loved ones. Latinos often experience greater challenges due to the cancer. However, few studies and interventions focus on Latinos. We are interested in understanding what affects Latino patients' quality of life, and how to improve it
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Advanced Cancer
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosed with stage III or IV solid tumor cancer (self-reported for ICCAN patients)
- Age 18 years or older
- Self-reported Latino/a or Hispanic ethnicity
- Fluent in spoken Spanish (either monolingual Spanish or bilingual Spanish and English)
- For qualitative phase, enrolled in quantitative phase and completed questionnaire package
- Scores above or below threshold on Distress Thermometer (≥4 or ≤3)
- Willing and able to be interviewed in Spanish only
- Agrees to audio recording of interviews
- For provider feedback phase, mental health professionals with caseload of 5+ Latino cancer patients per month
- Able to communicate and read in Spanish
- Agrees to audio or video recording
- For patient feedback phase, same criteria as above for advanced cancer, ethnicity, language, and agreement to audio recording
You will not qualify if you...
- Significant cognitive impairment (e.g., delirium or dementia) preventing informed consent or data collection
- Major disabling medical or psychiatric conditions preventing consent, interview, or assessments (patients with well-controlled psychiatric disorders may participate)
- For patient feedback phase, inability to understand consent or too ill to participate as determined by investigator or patient report
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 4 locations
1
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Actively Recruiting
2
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
New York, New York, United States
Actively Recruiting
3
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
The Bronx, New York, United States
Actively Recruiting
4
Ponce Health Sciences University
Ponce, Puerto Rico, 00732
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
R
Rosario Costas-Muniz, PhD
CONTACT
W
William Breitbart, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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