Spiritual Care for Cancer
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
This study aims to determine the effects of 2 spiritual care interventions. Spiritual wellness and healthcare service utilization will be measured from a sample of advanced cancer patients recruited from outpatient settings.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Alan B Astrow, M.D.
Principal Investigator
NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Mukaila Raji, M.D.
Principal Investigator
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Paul K Maciejewski, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
David Hui, M.D.
Principal Investigator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for advanced cancer patients who are part of a religious faith community and can speak English fluently. It's not specified who cannot join, but typically those with conditions that could interfere with the study or its results might be excluded.Inclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Treatment
Participants receive one of the spiritual care interventions or the control intervention
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for hospice enrollments, ICU admissions, and spiritual wellness
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Spiritual Care Intervention #1
- Spiritual Care Intervention #2
- Spiritual Care Intervention #3
Trial Overview
The study is testing three different spiritual care interventions to see how they affect spiritual wellness and healthcare usage in outpatient cancer patients. The exact nature of these interventions isn't detailed here.
How Is the Trial Designed?
3
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
This is also an experimental condition arm. Intervention details are being withheld until the trial concludes to protect the scientific integrity of the study.
This is an experimental condition arm. Intervention details are being withheld until the trial concludes to protect the scientific integrity of the study.
This is the active comparator condition arm. Intervention details are being withheld until the trial concludes to protect the scientific integrity of the study.
Find a Clinic Near You
Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Lead Sponsor
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Collaborator
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Collaborator
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Collaborator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborator
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