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Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy at Home

NCT05495737 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2025-09-10

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to train nurses from the VNS Health Visiting Nurse Service to deliver Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Palliative Care Patients (MCP-PC) to homebound people, and to evaluate how effective MCP-PC is for people with cancer.

Conditions

  • Nurse-Patient Relations
  • Psychology, Social

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy/MCP-PC Training

Two-Day MCP-PC Training for Nurses (including mock patient/simulation with actor) with a Pre- and Post-Training Assessment

BEHAVIORAL

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy/MCP-PC

3 sessions, completed over the course of 3-6 weeks in the participant's home

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment As Usual/TAU

Research team will provide: 1. feedback about level of distress at time of screening 2. local referral for psychological care

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Saracina, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-08
Primary Completion
2026-08-08
Completion
2026-08-08

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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