NCT02707510

A Trial to Strengthen Existential Resiliency Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Strengthen Existential Resiliency Among Women With Metastatic Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 71 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators group has piloted a 6-week psycho-educational program, Growing Resiliency And CouragE with Cancer™ (GRACE), that bring together a variety of strategies and experiences from an inter-professional perspective to mitigate distress among patients with an advanced cancer diagnosis. GRACE is a six-session, empirically anchored intervention emphasizing a Logotherapy (Existential Therapy) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy approach involving psycho-education and process-oriented experiences. The curriculum includes themes illustrated via PowerPoint slides with semi-structured delivery, video presentations, a variety of mindfulness meditation practices, and selected readings that serve to reflect and capture the theme for the week of the curriculum.

Conditions

• Breast Neoplasms
• Neoplasm Metastasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Growing Resiliency And CouragE with Cancer™ (GRACE)	GRACE is a 6 week curriculum which includes themes illustrated via PowerPoint slides with semi-structured delivery, video presentations, a variety of mindfulness meditation practices, and selected readings that serve to reflect and capture the theme for the week of the curriculum.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-01
• Completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2016-03-14
• Last updated: 2020-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States