Actively Recruiting
A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer
Led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Updated on 2025-07-28
200
Participants Needed
8
Research Sites
259 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lead Sponsor
M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 18 or over
- Current caregiver to a patient with Stage III or IV solid tumor cancer receiving medical care
- Experiences distress related to caregiving with a score of 4 or greater on the Distress Thermometer
- Can read and understand English
- Residing in New York, New Jersey, or Florida, or able to complete sessions via telehealth complying with regulations
You will not qualify if you...
- Does not have a reasonable understanding of the study activities as judged by the consenting professional
- Currently engaged in regular individual psychotherapeutic support that cannot be paused for the treatment course
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 8 locations
1
University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
Actively Recruiting
3
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
Actively Recruiting
4
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
Actively Recruiting
5
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)
Commack, New York, United States, 11725
Actively Recruiting
6
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)
Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
Actively Recruiting
7
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Actively Recruiting
8
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)
Rockville Centre, New York, United States, 11553
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Allison Applebaum, PhD, FAPOS
CONTACT
M
Morgan Loschiavo, MPH
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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