Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Advanced Cancer
This study is a pilot trial looking at how two different spiritual care interventions might affect your spiritual well-being and your readiness to plan for future medical care (advance care planning) if you have advanced cancer. The study is comparing "Spiritual Care Intervention #1" with "Spiritual Care Intervention #2." Researchers want to see if these interventions can help and if a larger study would be possible. To join, you must be at least 18 years old, identify as Black or African American, speak English fluently, and have advanced cancer. You cannot join if you've had spiritual care from a medical system recently or have already completed a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order. The study hopes to enroll 64 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is a pilot, randomized controlled trial. About 64 participants will be randomly assigned to receive one of two spiritual care interventions.
- What's involved
- Trial outcomes will be assessed 2 months after the spiritual care intervention begins.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 2 months after the spiritual care intervention starts.
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Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Cancer
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 2 statesStudy leadership
- Paul K Maciejewski, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Measure of Spiritual Well-Being as assessed by Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy--Spiritual Well-Being Scale [FACIT-Sp].2 months
The spiritual well-being outcome measure for this trial is the total score for the Spiritual Well-Being Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being 12-item Scale \[FACIT-Sp-12\], which has a range from 0 to 48. Higher scores mean greater spiritual well-being.
- Readiness to Engage in Advance Care Planning as assessed by the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey.2 months
The readiness to engage in advance care planning outcome measure for this trial is the average score of 4 items in the 4-item version of the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey. Each item as well as the average score of the 4 items have a range of 1 to 5. Higher scores mean greater readiness to engage in ACP.