NCT03612050

Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Palliative Care Patients (MCP-PC)

Development of Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Palliative Care Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fordham University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized, controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of an adaptation of a well-established brief, structured existential psychotherapy (Meaning Centered Psychotherapy) specifically tailored to the needs of palliative care patients (MCP-PC). Terminally ill patients with cancer who have been hospitalized in a palliative care hospital will be randomly assigned to either MCP-PC or enhanced usual care. Patients will complete a very short battery of self-report measures before the 3-session intervention, and again 2 and 4 weeks later to determine whether treatment has bolstered spiritual and psychological well-being and improved quality of life.

Conditions

• Palliative Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Meaning Centered Psychotherapy	Manualized, 3-session existential psychotherapy (30-45 minutes/session) with an optional 4th "booster" session. Content focuses on enhancing patients sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-09-30
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2018-08-02
• Last updated: 2021-08-30