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Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training for Cancer Pain

United States211 participantsStarted 2023-02-09

Plain-language summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial of a psychosocial pain management intervention called, Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training (MCPC). Patients with advanced solid tumor cancer and pain interference will be randomized to MCPC or a standard care control condition. Patient-reported outcomes will be assessed at baseline and 8- and 12-week follow-ups. The risk and safety issues in this trial are low and limited to those common to a psychosocial intervention (e.g., loss of confidentiality).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Stage IV solid tumor cancer diagnosis * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 2 or lower * At least one clinical pain severity rating \> 0 out of 10 in past month * At least moderate pain interference (8-item Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System \[PROMIS\] Pain Interference T-score \>/= 55) in the past week at telephone screening * Ability to speak and read in English * Age \>/= 18 years. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant cognitive impairment as indicated in medical chart or during telephone screening * Serious untreated mental illness * Primary brain cancer diagnosis * Previous engagement in Pain Coping Skills Training or Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy * Enrollment in hospice at screening

What they're measuring

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference-Short Form

Timeframe: 8-week follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05385965

SponsorDuke University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-04-10

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