A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer

Part of paid clinical trials in Miami, Florida.

Sponsor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Study ID
NCT06307535
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Caregiver Burden
  • Caregiver Burnout
  • Caregiver Stress Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers — BEHAVIORAL
    MCP-C is a stakeholder-informed, innovative, manualized intervention designed to assist caregivers to connect to a sense of meaning and purpose in life, despite the challenges of caregiving.
  • Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers — BEHAVIORAL
    Standard of care supportive psychotherapy

Study Details

Participants will complete 1 set of questionnaires about 2 weeks before beginning their Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers/MCP-C or standard Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers/SP-C sessions. These questionnaires will ask about participants' sense of meaning and purpose in life, spiritual well-being, depression and/or anxiety, and social support. Participants will then be assigned to receive either MCP-C or SP-C for 7 sessions. Participants will complete additional sets of questionnaires about 2 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after their last session of MCP-C or SP-C. It will take between 35 and 50 minutes to complete each set of questionnaires. After participants complete the MCP-C or SP-C sessions and all 4 sets of questionnaires, their participation in this study will end. If participants decide not to complete all 7 sessions, they may still choose to complete the questionnaires. Participants may remain in the study and continue to receive all 7 sessions of MCP-C or SP-C even if their loved one passes away.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 13, 2024
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2029
Completion
Mar 1, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers
    Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers/MCP-C
  • Active Comparator: Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers
    Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers/SP-C standard of care

Primary Outcome Measure

Number of participants with improved primary outcomes [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]

Central Contacts

Locations (8)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)MiamiFlorida33136
Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD
305-243-8983
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)Basking RidgeNew Jersey07920
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)MiddletownNew Jersey07748
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)MontvaleNew Jersey07645
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)CommackNew York11725
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)HarrisonNew York10604
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkNew York10065
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)Rockville CentreNew York11553
Talia Zaider, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-0162

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