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Psychotherapy for Latinos with Advanced Cancer

This study is testing a counseling program called Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Latinos (MCP-L). It aims to make this therapy culturally relevant for Latino patients with advanced solid tumor cancer. Researchers want to understand what affects the quality of life for Latino patients and how to improve it. The study will measure spiritual well-being to see if the intervention is helpful. You may be able to join if you are 18 or older, identify as Latino/a or Hispanic, speak Spanish, and have been diagnosed with stage III or IV solid tumor cancer. The study is currently recruiting participants.

Study design
This study plans to enroll 285 participants and uses a mixed-methods design, including both quantitative and qualitative research. Some participants will receive the MCP-L intervention, while others will be on a waitlist to receive it later.
What's involved
If you participate, you would complete a pre-assessment questionnaire and attend seven 60-minute individual counseling sessions over 7-14 weeks. Your spiritual well-being will be measured again after these sessions.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your spiritual well-being will be measured again 7-14 weeks after the intervention begins.

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NCT04537936

Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Adv Cancer

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
~117 participants
Updated 2026-09-08 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for LatinosFunctional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being ScaleMeaning Centered Psychotherapy for Latinos for Waitlist Control PatientsPre-assessment questionnaire

At a glance

Recruiting sites
4 of 4 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Spiritual Well-Being measured with the FACIT Spiritual Well-Being Scale
Measured over Change from baseline to post assessment 7-14 weeks after

Conditions

Solid Tumor
Solid Tumor, Adult
Solid Tumor, Unspecified, Adult

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 4 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

    The Bronx, New Yorkstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New Yorkstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • MSK at Ralph Lauren

    New York, New Yorkstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • Ponce Health Sciences University

    Ponce, Puerto Ricostudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Devika Jutagar, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Who to contact

Devika Jutagar, PhD
[email protected]
646-888-8361
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Diagnosed with stages III or IV solid tumor cancer \*(as per self report for ICCAN patients)
Age 18 or older
As per self report, Latino/a or Hispanic ethnicity
As per self report, fluent in oral Spanish (monolingual) or fluent in oral Spanish and English (bilingual)
Enrolled in the quantitative phase of study (as seen above)
Completes the quantitative phase questionnaire
Scores above or below the threshold for the Distress Thermometer (DT≥4 or ≤3)
In the judgment of the investigator, willing and able to be interviewed in Spanish only
Agrees to be audio- recorded
Professionals working in the mental health field;
Have a caseload of five or more Latino cancer patients per month
Able to communicate and read in Spanish
Agrees to be audio or video-recorded
Diagnosed with stages III or IV solid tumor cancer \*(as per self report for ICCAN patients)
Age 18 or older
As per self report, Latino/a or Hispanic ethnicity
In the judgment of the investigator, willing and able to be interviewed in Spanish only
Agrees to be audio-recorded
Diagnosed with stages III or IV solid tumor cancer
Age 18 or older
Latino/a or Hispanic ethnicity
Fluent in oral Spanish (monolingual or bilingual)
Scores above the threshold for the Distress Thermometer (DT≥4)
Agrees to be audio-recorded

Exclusion

In the judgment of the treating physician and/or the consenting professional, presence of significant cognitive impairment (i.e., delirium or dementia) sufficient to preclude meaningful informed consent and/or data collection
In the judgment of the consenting professional, significant or major disabling medical or psychiatric condition sufficient to preclude meaningful informed consent, interview, or completion of assessment measures (patients whose psychiatric disorder is well controlled by treatment will be eligible)
In the judgment of the treating physician and/or the consenting professional, presence of significant cognitive impairment (i.e., delirium or dementia) sufficient to preclude meaningful informed consent and/or data collection
In the judgment of the consenting professional, significant or major disabling medical or psychiatric condition sufficient to preclude meaningful informed consent, interview, or completion of assessment measures (patients whose psychiatric disorder is well controlled by treatment will be eligible)
Diagnosed with a major disabling medical or psychiatric condition
Unable to understand the consent procedure
Too ill to participate, all as reported by the patient and/or determined by the investigator's judgment.
Diagnosed with a major disabling medical
Diagnosed with a major disabling psychiatric condition
Unable to understand the consent procedure
Too ill to participate, all as reported by the patient and/or determined by the investigator's judgment

What this trial measures

  • Spiritual Well-Being measured with the FACIT Spiritual Well-Being ScaleChange from baseline to post assessment 7-14 weeks after

    FACIT Spiritual Well-Being Scale is a brief self-report measure designed to assess the nature and extent of individual spiritual well-being. This measure, which generates two sub-scales, one corresponding to Faith (the importance of faith and spirituality) and a second assessing Meaning-Peace (one sense of meaning and purpose in life), has been demonstrated to have strong internal reliability for both the total score as well as each subscale (coefficient alpha equals .87 for the total scale, .88 for the faith factor and .81 for the meaning factor). In additional, strong support for the external validity of this measure has been demonstrated in a several large samples of cancer and AIDS patients and with Spanish speaking populations.