Actively Recruiting
A Study of a One-Time Counseling Session to Help Reduce Depression, Anxiety, and Distress in People With Breast Cancer
Led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Updated on 2025-10-20
20
Participants Needed
7
Research Sites
50 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead Sponsor
T
The City College of New York
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to see if a Single Counseling Session for Cancer can help reduce psychosocial distress and improve quality of life in people with breast cancer who are waiting to receive ongoing counseling services (outpatient psychotherapy services). The Single Counseling Session for Cancer-which I will refer to as the "study counseling" during this call-is a one-session, 60-minute counseling program designed to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms in people with cancer who are waiting to receive outpatient psychotherapy services. The researchers will look at whether the study counseling is effective in participants and practical (feasible) for them to complete.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Study of a One-Time Counseling Session to Help Reduce Depression, Anxiety, and Distress in People With Breast Cancer
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patient must have pathologically confirmed breast cancer (per EMR).
- Patient with localized or advanced cancer (per EMR).
- Patient is on a waitlist of at least 2 weeks or more for MSK Counseling Center intake and will not complete a Counseling Center intake prior to intervention (these patients will be replaced) (per EMR, patient's care team, or self-report).
- Has no current active or passive suicidal ideation (per self-report of PHQ-9, Item 9: Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself).
- Female (per EMR)
- Age 65 18 (per EMR)
- English fluency - Per self-report: How well do you speak English?
- Agrees to be audio-recorded (per self-report) NOTE: Participants who report Very well are considered fluent.
- Lives in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut (per self-report).
- Has no significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview, or informed consent (i.e., acute psychiatric symptoms which require urgent or extended individual treatment) (per EMR, patient's care team, or study team).
- Has no presence of cognitive impairment disorder (i.e., delirium or dementia) sufficient to preclude meaningful informed consent and/or data collection (per EMR, patient's care team, or per self-report of BOMC cognitive test).
- Has no current active or passive suicidal ideation (per item 9 of the PHQ-9 and the CSSRS).
You will not qualify if you...
History of severe allergic reactions to study medication Currently pregnant or breastfeeding Recent participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days Presence of uncontrolled medical conditions that could affect safety
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 7 locations
1
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
Actively Recruiting
2
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
Actively Recruiting
3
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)
Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
Actively Recruiting
4
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Consent Only)
Commack, New York, United States, 11725
Actively Recruiting
5
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only)
Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
Actively Recruiting
6
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Actively Recruiting
7
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only)
Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
D
Devika Jutagir, PhD
CONTACT
F
Francesca Gany, MD, MS
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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