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Couple-Based Meditation for Metastatic Lung Cancer Patients and Their Partners

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · with National Cancer Institute (NCI), American Cancer Society, Inc. · NCT02596490

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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
300
US sites recruiting
2
Study start
April 6, 2016
Record last updated
October 6, 2026

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What the study is about

Objectives

Our specific aims are to

Aim 1: Examine the feasibility of a couple-based meditation program in 50 patients with metastatic lung cancer and their partners.

Aim 2: Establish the initial efficacy of a couple-based meditation program in patients and their partners regarding physical, psychological, and spiritual quality of life outcomes.

Being studied: Questionnaires; Meditation and Discussion Sessions; Cancer-Related Discussion Program

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

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Inclusion Criteria

  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Diagnosed with stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Currently receiving treatment (e.g. radiotherapy, chemotherapy) at MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of less than or equal to 2
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Have a romantic partner with whom they have resided for a minimum of 6 months
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Must be at least 18 years old
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Able to read and speak English
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Able to provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Not oriented to time, place, or person as deemed by the clinical team
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Regular (self-defined) participation in psychotherapy or a formal cancer support group
  • ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Prior enrollment in a couple-based mind-body intervention research study (protocols 2011-1179, 2013-0496, 2014-0036) conducted by the principal investigator including phase 1 or phase 2 of the current study.

Recruiting US locations

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Kathrin Milbury, PHD, MA · 713-745-2868 · KMilbury@mdanderson.org
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