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Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM): A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Psychological Intervention for Cancer Patients

NCT01506492 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 305

Last updated 2019-09-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a brief manualized individual psychotherapy, called Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM), to reduce distress and promote psychological well-being in patients with various types of cancer, including metastatic disease.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CALM

Patients assigned to the intervention arm will receive 3-6 CALM therapy sessions over 3-6 months delivered by a trained therapist at our center.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gary Rodin, MD · University Health Network, Toronto

  • Sarah Hales, MD, PhD · University Health Network, Toronto

  • Chris Lo, PhD · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

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