Support for Cancer Patients Awaiting News

Description

This is a behavioral trial study to pilot test a stress management intervention for people with cancer who are undergoing routine cancer scans. The study will involve two pilot testing phases. Initial feasibility will be determined in an Open Trial phase, to inform any needed revisions to the intervention and/or protocol prior to a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial phase. The Open Trial phase is an unblinded, single-site, single-arm open trial (n=10). The Pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) phase is an unblinded, single-site, feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial (n=50).

Conditions

Lung Cancer

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Study overview

This is a behavioral trial study to pilot test a stress management intervention for people with cancer who are undergoing routine cancer scans. The study will involve two pilot testing phases. Initial feasibility will be determined in an Open Trial phase, to inform any needed revisions to the intervention and/or protocol prior to a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial phase. The Open Trial phase is an unblinded, single-site, single-arm open trial (n=10). The Pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) phase is an unblinded, single-site, feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial (n=50).

Support for Cancer Patients Awaiting News (SCAN Study): Pilot Testing a Stress Management Program

Support for Cancer Patients Awaiting News

Condition
Lung Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Hackensack

Amanda Khoudary, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Adult (ages 18 and older)
  • 2. Comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English without an interpreter
  • 3. Established diagnosis of Stage III-IV lung cancer (or extensive stage small cell lung cancer)
  • 4. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0 to 2
  • 5. Receiving ongoing care from collaborating clinics with regular scans
  • 6. Receiving systemic treatment for lung cancer
  • 7. Endorse appointment- or scan-related stress on 4-item screen (using a modified Distress Thermometer item, a Fear of Progression scale item, an Impact of Events scale item, and an item from our prior study)
  • 8. Willingness to use the study website
  • 1. Moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment (per dementia diagnosis or cognitive screen)
  • 2. Requires an interpreter for medical visits
  • 3. Severe psychiatric illness (psychiatric hospitalization in the past year, or substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, or psychosis diagnosis)
  • 4. Currently enrolled in hospice
  • 5. Unable to complete study activities per oncology provider's judgment (e.g., due to fatigue)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Hackensack Meridian Health,

Heather Derry-Vick, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Hackensack Meridian Health

Study Record Dates

2025-04-30