Recruiting

Spiritual Care

Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Code:

NCT06811376

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Spiritual Care Intervention #1

Spiritual Care Intervention #2

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a pilot trial of the effects of spiritual care interventions on spiritual well-being and readiness to engage in advance care planning (ACP) among black patients with advanced cancer recruited from outpatient settings to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger trial of effects of early integration of spiritual care into outpatient oncology care on patient outcomes.

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Study ID

NCT06811376

Start date

Feb 13, 2025

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Apr 1, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosed with a life-limiting, advanced cancer.
2. Identifies racially as black or African American.
3. Is fluent in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Have received medical system-based spiritual care within the past 2 months.
2. Have already completed a DNR order.
3. Are too weak or cognitively impaired to engage in study activities

Study Design

Enrollment

64 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Spiritual Care Intervention #1

This is the experimental condition arm. Intervention details are being withheld until the trial concludes to protect the scientific integrity of the study.

active comparator: Spiritual Care Intervention #2

This is the active comparator condition arm. Intervention details are being withheld until the trial concludes to protect the scientific integrity of the study.

Interventions

Spiritual Care Intervention #1

Experimental

Spiritual Care Intervention #2

Active Comparator

Primary outcome measure

  • Measure of Spiritual Well-Being as assessed by Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy--Spiritual Well-Being Scale [FACIT-Sp]. [ Time Frame: 2 months ]
  • Readiness to Engage in Advance Care Planning as assessed by the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey. [ Time Frame: 2 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Madison K Pavao, B.S.

(646)962-5650mkp4005@med.cornell.edu

Paul K Maciejewski, Ph.D.

(212) 746-2229pam2056@med.cornell.edu

Locations

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Recruiting

Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11215

Contacts

Madison K Pavao, B.S.

(646)962-5650mkp4005@med.cornell.edu

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Recruiting

Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555

Contacts

Madison K Pavao

mkp4005@med.cornell.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Last update posted

Mar 25, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Weill Medical College of Cornell University on 2026-03-25.