Recruiting

PEACE Intervention

Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Code:

NCT07246954

Conditions

Spiritual Care

Advanced Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Peace Intervention

Usual Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

To examine the feasibility and acceptability of chaplain-clinician led spiritual care (PEACE: Perception, Exploring, Addressing, Compassionate Connection, Embracing) intervention in patients with advanced cancer.

Conditions

Spiritual Care

Advanced Cancer

Study ID

NCT07246954

Start date

Dec 22, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Jan 1, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Eligibility Criteria

1. Participants with advanced cancer (locally advanced, metastatic, recurrent, or incurable) seen by the participant supportive/palliative care mobile team at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
2. Respond "somewhat to A great deal" to the question in the RBEC questionnaire "I will accept every possible medical treatment because my faith tells me to do everything I can to stay alive longer".
3. Participant s aged 18 years or over.
4. Karnofsky performance status ≥30% at time of inclusion into study.
5. Normal cognitive status as determined by the supportive care clinicians based on the ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process.
6. Only English-speaking, as determined by their ability to understand the informed consent, the intervention, and the assessment tools.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Phase 1

Patients will participate in two PEACE intervention sessions, which will last 30-60 minutes each.

experimental: Phase 2

Usual care is a comprehensive evaluation of the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient by the Supportive/Palliative Care medical team

Interventions

Peace Intervention

Patients will participate in two PEACE intervention sessions, which will last 30-60 minutes each.

Usual Care

Usual care is a comprehensive evaluation of the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient by the Supportive/Palliative Care medical team.

Primary outcome measure

  • RBEC Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Through study completion; an average of 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Marvin Delgado Guay, MD

713-745-8190marvin.delgado@mdanderson.org

Locations

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Marvin Delgado Guay, MD

713-745-8190marvin.delgado@mdanderson.org

Principal Investigator:

Marvin Delgado Guay, MD

More Information

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Last update posted

Apr 7, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on 2026-04-07.