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Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Therapy in Individuals Diagnosed With a Primary Brain Tumor

NCT04852302 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2025-05-31

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Summary

Background:

Psychological distress affects many people diagnosed with a primary central nervous system tumor (CNST). Distress can include negative feelings such as anger, fear, or sadness. Researchers want to see if a type of therapy called Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) can help. It promotes well-being in people who have cancer that cannot be cured.

Objective:

To find out if the CALM therapy can help people with a CNST suffering from distress.

Eligibility:

English-speaking adults ages 18 and older who have a CNST and are taking part in NIH protocol #16C0151.

Design:

This study will not take place in person. It will be done by smartphone, computer, or tablet.

Participants will fill out 7 surveys. The surveys will take 40 to 60 minutes to complete. They are all electronic. They will ask about physical and emotional symptoms, depression, feelings about death and dying, feelings about close relationships, and general well-being.

Participants will be assigned to a CALM therapist. They will have 3 to 6 individual therapy sessions in 6 months. Each session will last 45 to 60 minutes. Sessions may be audio recorded. If needed, participants may have extra sessions.

CALM includes symptom management and discussions of meaning, purpose, and mortality.

Participants may have a family member take part in at least one CALM session with them.

After the third CALM session, participants will be asked questions about CALM.

After 3 and 6 months, participants will complete the 7 surveys again.

Participation will last about 6 months.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Therapy

The Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) intervention is a brief, individualized psychotherapeutic intervention established to meet an unmet need to address psychological distress and promote well-being in advanced cancer patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin Camphausen, M.D. · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-11
Primary Completion
2024-06-06
Completion
2024-06-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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