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Virtual Group Therapy for Cancer Patients

This study is testing a virtual group therapy program that combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and compassion-based approaches. It aims to improve your psychological well-being, including your sense of compassion, understanding, and flexibility, if you are a patient with cancer. We know that a cancer diagnosis and treatment can bring stress and challenges. This therapy hopes to help with these difficulties. To join, you need to be an adult (18 or older), a Mayo Clinic Arizona patient, and have a cancer diagnosis, be in treatment, or have completed treatment within the last two years. The study will look at how much participants feel understood and cared for by the group leader, and if their psychological flexibility improves.

Study design
This study is an interventional study planning to enroll 200 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
What's involved
You would attend virtual group therapy sessions for 1.5 hours each, once a week for 6 weeks. You may also complete surveys.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
After completing the group therapy, participants will have a follow-up at 1 month.

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NCT06246955

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion-Based Virtual Group Therapy to Improve Psychological Wellbeing in Patients With Cancer

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Mayo Clinic
~200 participants
Updated 2026-05-29 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Behavioral Intervention: Group Therapy SessionSurvey Administration

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Participant perceived compassion and understanding by the group therapy provider - SCQ
Measured over From baseline to 1 month post session 6
+3 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm
Malignant Solid Neoplasm

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Arizona1

Study leadership

  • Chun Tao, PhD, LP · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Mayo Clinic

Who to contact

Clinical Trials Referral Office
[email protected]
855-776-0015
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Being an adult (18 years or older)
Being a patient of Mayo Clinic Arizona
Having a cancer diagnosis, having treatment planning in progress, undergoing cancer-related treatment, or having completed cancer within the past 2 years (in recent survivorship
Experiencing stress or challenges related to cancer and having treatment goals that align with the purpose of the group
Having self reported proficiency to read/write/speak English
Expressing interest and commitment to attend all six virtual group sessions

Exclusion

Patients' inability to take part in and benefit from the virtual group therapy based on clinical judgment of the psychosocial oncology team member who completes the psychosocial evaluation, which may include having active suicidal or homicidal intent, experiencing uncontrolled psychotic symptoms, having untreated personality disorder/characteristics that are likely disturbing in a group setting, and/or having moderate to severe cognitive impairments

What this trial measures

  • Participant perceived compassion and understanding by the group therapy provider - SCQFrom baseline to 1 month post session 6

    Will be assessed based on average scores using the 5-item Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire (SCQ), answered using a 5-point scale (strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, strongly agree)

  • Patients' self-reported psychological flexibility - COMPACT-15From baseline to 1 month post session 6

    Will be assessed using the 15-item Comprehensive Assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes (COMPACT-15). Questions are answered on a scale of 0-6 (strongly disagree, moderately disagree, slightly disagree, neither agree nor disagree, slightly agree, moderately agree, strongly agree).

  • Patients' self-reported psychological flexibility - Psy-FlexFrom baseline to 1 month post session 6

    Will be assessed using the 6-item Psy-Flex scale. Questions are answered on a 5-point scale (very often, often, from time to time, seldom, very seldom) based on experiences over the past 7 days.

  • Physician and psychological distress - PROMIS-29From baseline to 1 month post session 6

    Will be assessed using the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 v2.0 Profile, which assesses pain intensity using a 0-10 numeric rating scale across seven health domains (physical function, fatigue, pain interference, depressive symptoms, anxiety, ability to participate in social roles and activities, and sleep disturbance), with four items per domain.