NCT06047301

Pathways, a Hope Intervention to Support Personal Goal Pursuit, Mental Health, and Quality of Life During Advanced Lung Cancer Treatment

Pathways, a Hope-Based Intervention to Support Personal Goal Pursuit, Mental Health, and Quality of Life During Treatment for Advanced Lung Cancer

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 234 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Laurie McLouth · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will compare the effects of a brief supportive intervention, called Pathways, against enhanced usual care on the mental health and quality of life of people undergoing treatment for advanced lung cancer. Patients will complete baseline survey measures and be randomized to intervention. Survey measures will be collected again mid-intervention, post-intervention and at 6- and 12-week follow-up, with analyses focused on changes pre- to post-intervention.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pathways	Delivered by a nurse or other healthcare provider, includes 2 in-person sessions, and phone check-ins, and occurs primarily during infusion visits. Includes a Pathways Toolkit with handouts on values and goal setting, as well as resources on symptom management, lung cancer stigma, communication strategies, and other cancer center resources.
BEHAVIORAL	Enhanced Usual Care	Pathways Toolkit handouts on symptom management, lung cancer stigma, communication strategies, and other cancer center resources provided to participants. The Toolkit will be reviewed with patients in person to orient them to its purpose and contents.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-29
• Primary completion: 2027-12-31
• Completion: 2027-12-31
• First posted: 2023-09-21
• Last updated: 2025-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States