Study of Poetic Dignity Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Patients With Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status

Invitation-only

Conditions

End of Life

Treatments

Other: Dignity Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06293456

23-360

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to find out if dignity therapy is practical and works well for sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients in MSK. SGM includes, but is not limited to, people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+). Dignity therapy is a type of psychotherapy where the clinician asks the patient questions to allow the patient to express their individual life story and ultimately be able to create a legacy document of their experiences that can be shared with their loved ones.

Enrollment

20 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

SGM (as per self-report) palliative care patients identified through Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Palliative Care team and primary solid tumor oncology clinics.
Age 18 and older (as per self-report/EHR)
English-speaking as per the English language assessment items below and wil ing to receive the intervention in English.

o What is the participant's preferred language?
(Specify Lang)___________________________
- How well does the participant speak English?
- Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)
- Well (PARTICIPANT is ELIGIBLE)
- Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)
- Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)