NCT06328699

Chaplain-Delivered Compassion Meditation to Improve Spiritual Care of Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplantation

Randomized Pilot Study of Chaplain-Delivered Compassion Meditation for Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplantation

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Emory University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This clinical trial tests the feasibility, implementation and acceptability of chaplain delivered compassion meditation in order to improve spiritual care for patients receiving stem cell transplantation. Hospital chaplains play a vital role in delivering emotional and spiritual care to a broad range of both religious and non-religious patients for a wide variety of stressors, and extensive research indicates that spiritual consults impact patient outcomes and satisfaction. Compassion meditation is a secularized, research-based mindfulness and compassion meditation program designed to expand and strengthen compassion for self and others. Practices include training in attentional stability and increased emotional awareness, as well as targeted reflections to appreciate one's relationship with self and others. By centering the mind, controlling debilitating ruminative thoughts, and cultivating personal resiliency and an inclusive and more accurate understanding of others. Engaging in chaplain delivered compassion meditation may improve the spiritual care for patients receiving stem cell transplantation.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To examine the feasibility, adoption, extent of implementation, acceptability and fidelity of chaplain-delivered compassion-centered spiritual health (CCSH). OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients receive chaplain-led compassionate centered spiritual health sessions over 30 minutes, twice per week for up to 2 weeks. ARM II: Patients receive a traditional chaplain consultation and care upon request, per standard of care. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 80-100 days and 6 months post treatment.

Conditions

• Lymphoma
• Multiple Myeloma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Spiritual Therapy	Undergo chaplain led compassionate centered spiritual health sessions
OTHER	Best Practice	Receive a traditional chaplain consultation and will receive care upon request

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-30
• Primary completion: 2024-11-13
• Completion: 2026-11-15
• First posted: 2024-03-25
• Last updated: 2025-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States