Meaning-Centered Counseling for Chinese Patients Who Are Being Treated for Advanced Cancer

Major Program
Supportive Care and Symptom Management
Research Group
Community Oncology and Prevention Trials
Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Status
Recruiting
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
For more information, see ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02112188
The purpose of the study is to modify a type of counseling called "Individual Meaning
Centered Psychotherapy" to meet the needs of Chinese cancer patients. Many cancer patients
use counseling or other resources to help cope with the emotional burden of their illnesses.
Counseling often helps them cope with cancer by giving them a place to express their
feelings. "Meaning-Centered" counseling aims to teach cancer patients how to maintain or even
increase a sense of meaning and purpose in their lives, despite cancer.
Intervention
Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Chinese (IMCP-Ch) (For Phase 3), In-depth Patient Interviews, Adaptation of IMCP for Chinese Immigrant Cancer Patients
Condition
Advanced Cancer
Investigators
Jennifer Leng, MD, MPH

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