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Recruiting · NCT06199570 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Hackensack Meridian Health
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What this trial is about
This is a behavioral trial study to pilot test a stress management intervention for people with cancer who are undergoing routine cancer scans. The study will involve two pilot testing phases. Initial feasibility will be determined in an Open Trial phase, to inform any needed revisions to the intervention and/or protocol prior to a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial phase. The Open Trial phase is an unblinded, single-site, single-arm open trial (n=10). The Pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) phase is an unblinded, single-site, feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial (n=50).
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Adult (ages 18 and older)
- Comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English without an interpreter
- Established diagnosis of lung cancer (3a. Open Trial phase only: Stage III-IV lung cancer or extensive stage small cell lung cancer)
- ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0 to 2
- Receiving ongoing care from collaborating clinics with regular scans
- Receiving systemic treatment for lung cancer
- Endorse at least mild anxiety (using the PROMIS Anxiety 4a) or appointment- or scan-related stress on 4-item screen (using a modified Distress Thermometer item, a Fear of Progression scale item, an Impact of Events scale item, and an item from our prior study)
- Willingness to use the study website
Exclusion criteria
- Moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment (per dementia diagnosis or cognitive screen)
- Requires an interpreter for medical visits
- Severe psychiatric illness (psychiatric hospitalization in the past year, or substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, or psychosis diagnosis)
- Currently enrolled in hospice
- Unable to complete study activities per oncology provider's judgment (e.g., due to fatigue)
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Amanda Khoudary - Hackensack, New Jersey, United States