A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer
- Conditions
- Caregiver BurdenCaregiver BurnoutCaregiver Stress Syndrome
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for CaregiversBehavioral: Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers
- Registration Number
- NCT06307535
- Lead Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
- 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, or Florida, or have the ability to complete sessions while complying with current telehealth regulations.
- 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.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers/MCP-C Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers/SP-C standard of care
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of participants with improved primary outcomes Up to 1 year Evaluate the efficacy of MCP-C versus SP-C in improving primary outcomes (i.e., sense of meaning in life, spiritual well-being) immediately post-treatment and explore maintenance in gains up to 1 year.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (8)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
🇺🇸Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)
🇺🇸Rockville Centre, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
🇺🇸Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)
🇺🇸Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)
🇺🇸Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)
🇺🇸Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States