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

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · NCT06307535

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
8
Study start
March 13, 2024
Record last updated
May 26, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers; Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers

Conditions: Caregiver Burden; Caregiver Burnout; Caregiver Stress Syndrome

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18 or over;
  • As per self-report, a current caregiver to a patient with Stage III or IV solid tumor cancer currently receiving medical care of any kind (e.g., curative, palliative);
  • Experiences distress as evidenced by a score of 4 or greater on the Distress Thermometer (DT) and an indication that this distress is associated with caregiving;
  • As per self-report, can read and understand English;
  • As per self-report, residing in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Florida, or have the ability to complete sessions while complying with current telehealth regulations.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Participant does not have a reasonable understanding of the study activities by the judgment of the consenting professional;
  • Engagement in regular individual psychotherapeutic support that the participant is unable or unwilling to put on hold for the course of treatment.

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Miami (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)

    Miami, FL 33136

    Site contact: Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD · 305-243-8983

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)

    Middletown, NJ 07748

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, NJ 07645

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)

    Commack, NY 11725

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)

    Harrison, NY 10604

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, NY 10065

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)

    Rockville Centre, NY 11553

    Site contact: Talia Zaider, PhD · 646-888-0162 · zaidert@mskcc.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Allison Applebaum, PhD, FAPOS · 212-241-8561 · allison.applebaum@mssm.edu
  • Morgan Loschiavo, MPH · 646-888-0225 · LoschiaM@mskcc.org
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