MCP-L consists of seven-60 minute-individual sessions. The seven sessions are expected to be delivered every week or every two weeks over a span ot 7-14 weeks.

Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Latinos

Determines the degree of spiritual well-being

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being Scale

Waitlist Control Patients in the control condition will be allocated to a waitlist group to receive the intervention approximately three months after randomization.

Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Latinos for Waitlist Control Patients

Which includes 10 standardized scales Assessment/Evaluation Plan, Phase 1, 4 - Quantitative Measure Questionnaire).The interview guide will inquire about the comprehension and acceptability of, and alternative options for, these intervention components.

Pre-assessment questionnaire

Rosario Costas-Muniz, PhD

William Breitbart, MD

Caroline Hwang, MD

Rosa Nouvini, MD

Eida Castro-Figueroa, PhD

The purpose of this study is to adapt a counseling intervention called Meaning Centered Psychotherapy to make it culturally relevant for Latinos. Cancer affects patients and their loved ones. Latinos often experience greater challenges due to the cancer. However, few studies and interventions focus on Latinos. We are interested in understanding what affects Latino patients' quality of life, and how to improve it

Overview of the Study. This project has four phases. In the first two phases the study team will work to gain an understanding of the sources of meaning, hope, legacy and identity in Latino patients with advanced cancer; and to explore the acceptability and feasibility of applying IMCP to Latinos diagnosed with advanced cancer. A convergent mixed-methods design will be utilized with a sample of 155 Latino patients diagnosed with advanced cancer for the quantitative phase, and a nested cohort of 14-20 for the qualitative phase from two cancer centers in New York City: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (LMC), a public hospital localized in a Latino-dense region. We will also recruit eligible cancer patients serviced through Dr. Gany's Intergrated Cancer Care Access Network (ICCAN). The Integrated Cancer Care Access Network (ICCAN) of MSKCC's Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service (IHCD) enrolls patients at eleven hospital-based cancer clinics in New York City with large numbers of immigrant and low-income patients. ICCAN uses bilingual Access Facilitators to assist patients in accessing and utilizing health, social, and financial services. Identified needs of the patients, range from psychosocial support, to health literacy, child care, financial, housing and legal concerns. Patients enrolled to the ICCAN program are actively obtaining support from Access Facilitators throughout their treatment period. Access Facilitator will refer eligible patients to the study team for recruitment.

Before moving to phase 3, we will adapt and transcreate (the source text is rewritten to convey the concepts and achieve the aims of the source text, while accounting for both language and cultural considerations) the manual based on the phase 1 and 2 findings. In the third phase (Key Informant feedback), mental health providers will be interviewed to explore additional needed adaptations. The fourth phase will consist of pre-piloting or interviewing patients to assess the comprehension and acceptability of the adapted intervention.

Participants who express concerns or request assistance related to COVID-19 will be referred to publicly available resources as needed (e.g., call 311 for access to health care or food panties, etc.) and will be noted in internal tracking logs.

Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Advanced Cancer

Adaptation and Pilot Feasibility of a Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Advanced Cancer

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FACIT Spiritual Well-Being Scale is a brief self-report measure designed to assess the nature and extent of individual spiritual well-being. This measure, which generates two sub-scales, one corresponding to Faith (the importance of faith and spirituality) and a second assessing Meaning-Peace (one sense of meaning and purpose in life), has been demonstrated to have strong internal reliability for both the total score as well as each subscale (coefficient alpha equals .87 for the total scale, .88 for the faith factor and .81 for the meaning factor). In additional, strong support for the external validity of this measure has been demonstrated in a several large samples of cancer and AIDS patients and with Spanish speaking populations.

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a validated scale used to measure anxiety and depression. This scale has been validated against structured or semi-structured clinical interviews, the gold standard for the assessment of mental disorders, in a significant number of studies. Further strengths of this scale for the assessment of emotional distress in cancer patients stem from the joint assessment of anxiety and depressive symptoms without referring to physical symptoms of anxiety or depression. Given the high comorbidity of anxiety of cancer as well as the systematic exclusion of confounding physical symptoms, the scale seems especially appropriate for use in this patient group. The HADS consists of 14 items which reflect a 7-item anxiety and a 7-item depression subscale. This scale has sound psychometric properties in Spanish.

The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) comprises 20 true/false questions that assess degree of pessimism and hopelessness. Several studies have demonstrated a high degree of internal consistency and construct validity. Scores ranging from 4 to 8 typically indicate a "mild" degree of hopelessness, 9 to 12 correspond to "moderate" hopelessness, and scores about 12 reflect "severe" levels of hopelessness.

The FACIT Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12) is a brief self-report measure designed to assess the nature and extent of individual's spiritual well-being. This measure (range 0-48), which generates two sub-scales, Faith (the importance of faith/spirituality, range 0-16) and Meaning /Peace (one's sense of meaning and purpose in life, range 0-32). The total score for the FACIT-Sp scale is the sum of the two subscales Faith and Meaning /Peace. It has been demonstrated to have strong internal reliability for both the total score as well as each subscale (coefficient alpha = .87 for the total scale, .88 for the faith factor and .81 for the meaning factor). Higher scores represent a higher level of spiritual well-being, faith or meaning-peace. In addition, strong support for the external validity of this measure has been demonstrated in a several large samples of cancer and AIDS patients and with Spanish speaking populations. Administration time takes approximately 4 minutes.

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MCP-L consists of seven-60 minute-individual sessions. The seven sessions are expected to be delivered every week or every two weeks over a span of 7-14 weeks.

Monica R Muppidi, MD

Rosario Costas Muniz, PhD

Overview of the Study. This project has 5 phases. In phases 1 and 2 the study team will work to gain an understanding of the sources of meaning, hope, legacy and identity in Latino patients with advanced cancer; and to explore the acceptability and feasibility of applying IMCP to Latinos diagnosed with advanced cancer. A convergent mixed-methods design will be utilized with a sample of 200 Latino patients diagnosed with advanced cancer for the quantitative phase, and a nested cohort of 14-20 for the qualitative phase from two cancer centers in New York City: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (LMC), a public hospital localized in a Latino-dense region. We will also recruit eligible cancer patients serviced through Dr. Gany's Integrated Cancer Care Access Network (ICCAN). The Integrated Cancer Care Access Network (ICCAN) of MSKCC's Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service (IHCD) enrolls patients at eleven hospital-based cancer clinics in New York City with large numbers of immigrant and low-income patients. ICCAN uses bilingual Access Facilitators to assist patients in accessing and utilizing health, social, and financial services. Identified needs of the patients, range from psychosocial support, to health literacy, child care, financial, housing and legal concerns. Patients enrolled to the ICCAN program are actively obtaining support from Access Facilitators throughout their treatment period. Access Facilitator will refer eligible patients to the study team for recruitment.

Before moving to phase 3, we will adapt and transcreate (the source text is rewritten to convey the concepts and achieve the aims of the source text, while accounting for both language and cultural considerations) the manual based on the phase 1 and 2 findings. In the phase 3 (Key Informant feedback), mental health providers will be interviewed to explore additional needed adaptations.

Phase 4 will consist of pre-piloting or interviewing patients to assess the comprehension and acceptability of the adapted intervention. Patient Feedback phase, key components of the intervention will be pre-piloted with 6-10 patients across MSKCC and, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (LMC)

Participants who express concerns or request assistance related to COVID-19 will be referred to publicly available resources as needed (e.g., call 311 for access to health care or food panties, etc.) and will be noted in internal tracking logs.

Phase 5 Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Phase will collect preliminary data on the feasibility of recruitment, retention and adherence and acceptability of content of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Latinos (MCP-L) and key outcomes (spiritual well-being, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and quality of life). Additional information will be collected, specifically scales measuring , attitudinal familism, acculturation, fatalism, religiosity, and literacy, which will inform the design of a future large-scale randomized clinical trial of the culturally adapted intervention. A sample of 60 Spanish-speaking advanced cancer patients will be enrolled and randomized evenly to MCP-L or to Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) control.

Eligible patients for Phase 5 will meet the same criteria as Phase 1 patients ; however patients who score \> 4 on the Distress Thermometer will be recruited to Phase 5, and patients who score \< 4 will be recruited to Phase 1.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Advanced Cancer	NCT04015609	Solid Tumor Solid Tumor, Ad... Solid Tumor, Un...	Meaning Centere... Functional Asse... Meaning Centere... Pre-assessment ...	18 Years -	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Adv Cancer	NCT04537936	Solid Tumor Solid Tumor, Ad... Solid Tumor, Un...	Meaning Centere... Functional Asse... Meaning Centere... Pre-assessment ...	18 Years -	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Psychotherapy Intervention for Latinos With Adv Cancer	NCT04537936	Solid Tumor Solid Tumor, Ad... Solid Tumor, Un...	Meaning Centere... Functional Asse... Meaning Centere... Pre-assessment ...	18 Years -	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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