NCT07124481

Early Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Prevention of Psychological Distress in Cancer Patients

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 208 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Isala · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if early provision of mindfulness based cognitive therapy can prevent psychological distress in adult patients with cancer one year after diagnosis. Researchers will compare mindfulness based cognitive therapy to usual care to see if psychological distress is lower in patients that followed mindfulness. Participants will follow 8 weekly sessions of mindfulness and fill in questionnaires.

Conditions

• Cancer
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness based stress reduction	8 weekly sessions of 2.5 hour per session, face-to-face in a group consisting of maximum 15 participants, supervised by a certified mindfulness trainer

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-01
• Primary completion: 2027-10-01
• Completion: 2027-10-01
• First posted: 2025-08-15
• Last updated: 2025-08-15