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Chaplain-Delivered Compassion Meditation to Improve Quality of Life in Patients Receiving a Stem Cell Transplant

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Emory University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Plasma Cell Myeloma
Lymphoma

Treatments

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Procedure: Spiritual Therapy
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT05274763
P30CA138292 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
NCI-2022-00233 (Registry Identifier)
EU5492-21 (Other Identifier)
K01AT010488 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
STUDY00003563

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial tests whether chaplain-delivered compassion centered spiritual health (CCSH) works to improve quality of life in patients receiving a stem cell transplant. Compassion Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH) 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 negative thoughts, and cultivating personal resiliency and an inclusive and more accurate understanding of others, Compassion Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH) may help improve response to stress and reduce inflammation.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To examine the feasibility, adoption, extent of implementation, and fidelity of chaplain-delivered Compassion Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH).

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo 4 to 8 sessions (2-4 per week) of Compassion Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH) over 30 minutes with a chaplain while impatient.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • PATIENT: Within 6 weeks of scheduled hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
  • PATIENT: > 18 years of age
  • PATIENT: Speak and read English
  • CHAPLAIN: Emory Healthcare Chaplain

Exclusion criteria

  • CHAPLAIN: There will be no exclusion criteria and no consequence to the chaplains for refusing to volunteer
  • PATIENT: Neurologic or cognitive problems that preclude chaplain-delivered Compassion Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

30 participants in 1 patient group

Supportive Care
Experimental group
Description:
Patients undergo 4 to 8 sessions (2-4 per week) of Compassion Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH) over 30 minutes with a chaplain while impatient.
Treatment:
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Procedure: Spiritual Therapy

Trial documents
2

Trial contacts and locations

1

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