Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT06180460
CALM: Managing Distress in Malignant Brain Cancer
Managing Distress in Malignant Brain Cancer - Phase IIc RCT
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to test an empirically supported psychotherapeutic intervention, Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM), compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in those with malignant brain cancer diagnoses.
Conditions
- Brain Tumor
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Cancer
- Metastatic Lung Cancer
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Metastatic Melanoma
- Metastatic Colon Cancer
- Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | CALM | The CALM intervention is a supportive-expressive therapy that is administered by CALM trained clinicians in a particular style. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Treatment as usual | Treatment as usual includes a list of local / national resources (e.g., psychologist, social worker, or other mental health providers) if an individual chooses to seek treatment for the distress they are experiencing. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-11-10
- Primary completion
- 2025-09-30
- Completion
- 2025-09-30
- First posted
- 2023-12-22
- Last updated
- 2025-10-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06180460. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.