NCT04057196

Self-System Therapy for Older Adults With Lung Cancer

Self-System Therapy for Older Adults With Advanced Lung Cancer (SST-LC)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study to use Self-system therapy (SST), to treat depression and lung-cancer-related distress in older adults (65 years and older).

Detailed description

The investigator will examine whether delivering the SST intervention will be both feasible and acceptable to study participants. The investigator will also examine whether participation in SST can help alleviate symptoms of depression and distress while helping improve overall functioning in older adults with advanced lung cancer.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer Stage III
• Lung Cancer Stage IV

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-System Therapy for Older Adults with Advanced Lung Cancer (SST-LC)	The SST-LC is a brief structured intervention deliverable by video conference. The new SST-LC protocol will incorporate behavioral strategies designed to meet the needs of older adults with lung cancer, including examining individual and shared expectations for lung cancer care, identifying discrepancies between expectations and realistic possibilities, and modifying stress-exacerbating behaviors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-02
• Primary completion: 2021-05-20
• Completion: 2021-06-24
• First posted: 2019-08-15
• Last updated: 2022-08-03
• Results posted: 2022-08-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States