Dignity Therapy/Life Plan in Patients With Pancreatic or Advanced Lung Cancer

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Dignity Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02132325

14-001857

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate feasibility and acceptability of providing the Dignity Therapy/Life Plan intervention to pancreatic or advanced lung cancer patients presenting for treatment in the outpatient medical oncology setting. Investigators hypothesize that providing dignity therapy to this population will be feasible.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >18
• Undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma or advanced NSCLC (pancreatic arm closed)
• English-speaking
• Cognitively intact, per clinician judgment, as documented in electronic medical record (EMR)

Exclusion criteria

• Currently receiving hospice or palliative care services
• Concurrent diagnosis of delirium or dementia, per medical record
• Diagnosis of major depression disorder, acute anxiety disorder or schizophrenia per medical record
• Participating in other psychosocial intervention research studies.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 1 patient group

Dignity Therapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dignity Therapy