Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Cancer

Description

This is a pilot trial of the effects of spiritual care interventions on spiritual well-being and readiness to engage in advance care planning (ACP) among black patients with advanced cancer recruited from outpatient settings to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger trial of effects of early integration of spiritual care into outpatient oncology care on patient outcomes.

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This is a pilot trial of the effects of spiritual care interventions on spiritual well-being and readiness to engage in advance care planning (ACP) among black patients with advanced cancer recruited from outpatient settings to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger trial of effects of early integration of spiritual care into outpatient oncology care on patient outcomes.

Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Cancer

Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Cancer

Condition
Advanced Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Brooklyn

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11215

Galveston

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Diagnosed with a life-limiting, advanced cancer.
  • 2. Identifies racially as black or African American.
  • 3. Is fluent in English.
  • 1. Have received medical system-based spiritual care within the past 2 months.
  • 2. Have already completed a DNR order.
  • 3. Are too weak or cognitively impaired to engage in study activities

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Weill Medical College of Cornell University,

Paul K Maciejewski, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Record Dates

2026-03-01