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Brief Title: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer
Official Title: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer
Study ID: NCT00067288
Brief Summary: We have developed an 8-week Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy designed to help patients with advanced cancer sustain or enhance a sense of meaning, peace and purpose despite the limitations of their cancer illness. This project's overall aim is to explore the feasibility and efficacy of this new and unique psychotherapy intervention for advanced cancer patients in enhancing psychological and spiritual well-being and quality of life by comparing it with a standard supportive group psychotherapy.
Detailed Description: As per Brief Summary
Minimum Age: 21 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States
Name: William Breitbart, MD
Affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Christopher Gibson, PhD
Affiliation: Project Coordinator Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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