NCT04646213

Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully

Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) in Primary Brain Tumor Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to pilot test an empirically supported psychotherapeutic intervention, Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM). Researchers hope to better understand the potential benefits of this intervention on brain tumor patients' mood and quality of life. This may lead to improvements in doctor's understanding of how to enhance brain tumor patient's wellbeing and overall functioning.

Detailed description

In this study, participants will be asked to do the following things: 1. Complete \~15-minute online surveys before the program, immediately after the program (4 months), and at follow-up (6 months). . Questions will ask about mood, anxiety, death distress, quality of social relationships, and satisfaction with life. 2. Meet with an interventionist six times (biweekly) for individual sessions via Zoom, lasting 50-60 minutes each. Sessions will be audio-recorded to ensure all participants receive the same information. Participants will be asked to only use first names. 3. Complete weekly \~5 minute online surveys after each session on satisfaction with the program. 4. Complete an exit interview by telephone approximately 1 month after the 6-session intervention. This exit interview will last approximately 15-30 minutes.

Conditions

• Mood
• Cancer Brain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Therapy	6 sessions of individualized CALM therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-03
• Primary completion: 2021-09-14
• Completion: 2022-02-14
• First posted: 2020-11-27
• Last updated: 2024-03-13
• Results posted: 2024-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States