Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Advanced Solid Tumor
- Pain
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Participants will be randomly assigned to an intervention or a standard care control condition.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Many patients with advanced cancer describe pain as their most feared and distressing symptom. In this population, higher pain levels often predict worse physical, emotional, and existential/spiritual well-being. Psychosocial interventions show promise for improving cancer-related pain; however, no ...
Many patients with advanced cancer describe pain as their most feared and distressing symptom. In this population, higher pain levels often predict worse physical, emotional, and existential/spiritual well-being. Psychosocial interventions show promise for improving cancer-related pain; however, no interventions address existential concerns (e.g., a loss of meaning in life) that are common among those facing pain from advanced illness. To address this need, an intervention called Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training (MCPC) was developed. MCPC seeks to teach patients cognitive and behavioral skills for managing pain (e.g., guided imagery) in order to help them engage with what gives their life a sense of meaning, purpose, and significance. This pilot study is being conducted to prepare for a large-scale clinical trial that will test the efficacy of MCPC for improving patients' pain and pain-related outcomes.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04431830
- Collaborators
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Joseph G Winger, PhD Duke University