Couple-Based Meditation for Metastatic Lung Cancer Patients and Their Partners



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Lung Cancer, Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:9/7/2018
Start Date:April 2016
End Date:April 2019
Contact:Kathrin Milbury, PHD, MA
Phone:713-745-2868

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
Objectives:

Our specific aims are to:

Aim 1: Examine the feasibility of a couple-based meditation program in 50 patients with
metastatic lung cancer and their partners.

Aim 2: Establish the initial efficacy of a couple-based meditation program in patients and
their partners regarding physical, psychological, and spiritual quality of life outcomes.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Diagnosed with stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

2. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Currently receiving treatment (e.g. radiotherapy,
chemotherapy) at MD Anderson Cancer Center

3. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance
status of less than or equal to 2

4. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS ONLY: Have a romantic partner with whom they have resided for a
minimum of 6 months

5. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Must be at least 18 years old

6. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Able to read and speak English

7. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Able to provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Not oriented to time, place, or person as deemed by
the clinical team

2. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Regular (self-defined) participation in
psychotherapy or a formal cancer support group

3. ALL PHASES, PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Prior enrollment in a couple-based mind-body
intervention research study (protocols 2011-1179, 2013-0496, 2014-0036) conducted by
the principal investigator including phase 1 or phase 2 of the current study.
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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, Texas 77030
 713-792-2121
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