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Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Palliative Care Patients (MCP-PC)

NCT03612050 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2021-08-30

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Summary

This randomized, controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of an adaptation of a well-established brief, structured existential psychotherapy (Meaning Centered Psychotherapy) specifically tailored to the needs of palliative care patients (MCP-PC). Terminally ill patients with cancer who have been hospitalized in a palliative care hospital will be randomly assigned to either MCP-PC or enhanced usual care. Patients will complete a very short battery of self-report measures before the 3-session intervention, and again 2 and 4 weeks later to determine whether treatment has bolstered spiritual and psychological well-being and improved quality of life.

Conditions

  • Palliative Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meaning Centered Psychotherapy

Manualized, 3-session existential psychotherapy (30-45 minutes/session) with an optional 4th "booster" session. Content focuses on enhancing patients sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fordham University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Barry Rosenfeld, PhD · Fordham University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-01
Primary Completion
2023-09-30
Completion
2023-12-31

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