Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03112668
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Improving Well-Being in Patients With Stage III-IV Cancer and Their Partners
Couple-Focused ACT Intervention for Couples Coping With Cancer: A Pilot Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 14 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This pilot clinical trial studies how well acceptance and commitment therapy works in improving well-being in patients with stage III-IV cancer and their partners. Learning how to accept negative thoughts and feelings and how to live in the present without worrying about the future or past may improve coping skills in patients with stage III-IV cancer and their partners.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine the feasibility and acceptability of couples' acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) (C-ACT). II. To collect pilot data on the impact of C-ACT on patients' and partners' anxiety, depression, and quality of life. OUTLINE: Patients and their partners attend 6 weekly ACT sessions over 60-75 minutes. Couples learn skills of acceptance, avoidance, awareness, values and committed action, mindfulness and values in relationships, and handling persistent worries and concerns. Patients and their partners also do homework assignment after each session. After completion of the study, patients and their partners are followed up at 1 week.
Conditions
- Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm
- Malignant Hepatobiliary Neoplasm
- Partner
- Stage III Breast Cancer
- Stage III Cervical Cancer
- Stage III Colorectal Cancer
- Stage III Lung Cancer
- Stage III Prostate Cancer
- Stage III Skin Melanoma
- Stage III Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Stage IIIA Breast Cancer
- Stage IIIA Cervical Cancer
- Stage IIIA Colorectal Cancer
- Stage IIIA Lung Carcinoma
- Stage IIIA Skin Melanoma
- Stage IIIA Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Stage IIIB Breast Cancer
- Stage IIIB Cervical Cancer
- Stage IIIB Colorectal Cancer
- Stage IIIB Lung Carcinoma
- Stage IIIB Skin Melanoma
- Stage IIIB Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Stage IIIC Breast Cancer
- Stage IIIC Colorectal Cancer
- Stage IIIC Skin Melanoma
- Stage IIIC Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Stage IV Breast Cancer
- Stage IV Cervical Cancer
- Stage IV Colorectal Cancer
- Stage IV Lung Cancer
- Stage IV Prostate Cancer
- Stage IV Skin Melanoma
- Stage IV Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Stage IVA Cervical Cancer
- Stage IVA Colorectal Cancer
- Stage IVA Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Stage IVB Cervical Cancer
- Stage IVB Colorectal Cancer
- Stage IVB Uterine Corpus Cancer
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Cognitive Behavior Therapy | Undergo ACT |
| OTHER | Quality-of-Life Assessment | Ancillary studies |
| OTHER | Questionnaire Administration | Ancillary studies |
| OTHER | Survey Administration | Ancillary studies |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-12-06
- Primary completion
- 2018-01-25
- Completion
- 2018-01-25
- First posted
- 2017-04-13
- Last updated
- 2021-04-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03112668. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.