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Feasibility of a Creative Writing Intervention in an Advanced Cancer Population: A Single Arm, Consecutive Cohort Study

NCT02575898 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2018-11-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To assess the feasibility of a creative writing intervention in an advanced cancer population. Given it is a relatively simple intervention delivered by a non-clinician, the investigators are interested in better understanding its pattern of effect on patient psychological adjustment. The investigators aim to assess its feasibility in this study in order to inform a future larger study that will utilize a control arm.

Conditions

  • Primary Malignant Neoplasm of Lung
  • Primary Malignant Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract

Interventions

OTHER

First Session

Creative Practice and Positive Re-enforcement

OTHER

Second Session

Disease Related

BEHAVIORAL

Third through Sixth Sessions

Life Review and Legacy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Max Vergo, MD · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-14
Primary Completion
2018-07-12
Completion
2018-09-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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