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Mindfulness to Enhance Quality of Life and Support Advance Care Planning (MEANING)

10 de agosto de 2020 actualizado por: Shelley Johns, Indiana University

Mindfulness to Enhance Quality of Life and Support Advance Care Planning (MEANING): A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial for Adults With Metastatic Cancer and Their Family Caregivers

The MEANING trial is a randomized controlled mixed methods pilot designed to compare a novel mindfulness meditation-based intervention (MEANING) to usual care for adults with advanced-stage solid malignancies and their family caregivers.

Descripción general del estudio

Descripción detallada

Mindfulness meditation practices have reduced emotional distress, avoidant coping, and improved spiritual well-being in adult cancer patients. These beneficial effects may occur through present-moment acceptance of unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and circumstances and adaptive coping through self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence. Most mindfulness trials in cancer have focused on early-stage survivors; however, preliminary evidence suggests that mindfulness may help reduce distress in patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers (FCGs).

Sixty patients with an advanced-stage solid malignancy and their FCGs (60 dyads) will be randomized in equal numbers to receive either the 6-week mindfulness intervention or usual care. Both groups will receive standard cancer care throughout the study period. Dyads randomized to the mindfulness arm will learn mindfulness meditation practices (e.g., body scan, sitting meditation) and mindful communication practices to enhance quality of life, support advance care planning engagement, and improve a variety of secondary outcomes.

The study will use a mixed methods 2-arm randomized design to examine the effects of the mindfulness intervention compared to usual care and seek to explain trial results using insights gleaned from post-intervention qualitative interviews.

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Actual)

108

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

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Ubicaciones de estudio

    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 46202
        • Indiana University

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

18 años y mayores (Adulto, Adulto Mayor)

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

Géneros elegibles para el estudio

Todos

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria-Patients

  • Patient is at least 18 years of age.
  • Patient is at least 3 weeks post-diagnosis of an incurable (locally advanced or metastatic) solid malignancy.
  • Patient's attending medical oncologist would not be surprised if the patient died in the next 12 months.
  • Patient has not completed a POST form.
  • Patient scores ≥ 7 on the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer cognitive avoidance subscale.
  • Patient is willing and able to consent and travel to the class location for 6 weekly 2-hour sessions.
  • Patient has a family member or close friend eligible and interested in participating in the study.
  • Patient has adequate English fluency for completion of data collection

Inclusion Criteria-Family Care Givers (FCG)

  • FCG is at least 18 years of age.
  • FCG has been invited to participate in the trial with a patient who meets eligibility criteria above.
  • FCG is willing and able to consent and travel to the class location for 6 weekly 2-hour sessions.
  • FCG has adequate English fluency for completion of data collection

Exclusion Criteria-Patients

  • Patient reports a score of > 2 on the Activities and Function item from the Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment91 (PG-SGA; the patient-reported version of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score).
  • Patient makes 3 or more errors on a validated 6-item cognitive screener or exhibits significant psychiatric or cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia/delirium, retardation, active psychosis) that in the judgment of the investigators would preclude providing informed consent and study participation.
  • Currently receiving hospice care (patients who enroll in hospice during the trial will have the option of continuing trial participation).

Exclusion Criteria-FCGs

• FCG exhibits significant psychiatric or cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia/delirium, retardation, active psychosis) that in the judgment of the investigators would preclude providing informed consent and study participation.

Plan de estudios

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¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Cuidados de apoyo
  • Asignación: Aleatorizado
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
  • Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Sin intervención: Usual Care
Participants assigned to Usual Care will continue to receive standard care from their oncology team, including access to supportive care from oncology social workers. At the end of the study, usual care dyads will receive a packet of informational materials on mindfulness meditation, receive a CD with 5 mindfulness meditation practices, and meet with the study interventionist for guidance on how to use the materials and mindfulness recordings to their advantage in coping with cancer-related challenges.
Comparador activo: Mindfulness
The Mindfulness intervention will consist of six 2-hour sessions that will include guided mindfulness practices, didactics, and group discussion. The course curriculum is modeled on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program which involves intensive experiential training of participants in secular mindfulness meditation practices (i.e., body scan, sitting meditation, gentle hatha yoga with chair adaptations, compassion meditation), with an emphasis on embodying interpersonal mindfulness in dialogue.
The Mindfulness intervention sessions are designed to cultivate present-moment awareness in everyday life to facilitate adaptive and non-reactive relating to thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. Participants will be provided with 10-20 minute audio recordings of each of 5 mindfulness practices covered in class, recorded in the facilitator's voice. Participants will be encouraged to practice mindfulness at home 10-20 minutes per day, 6 days per week. Participants will be provided with weekly diaries on which to record type and amount of home practice of mindfulness skills.

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change from baseline in quality of life (QoL) for Patients
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
QoL for patients will be assessed with the McGill Quality of Life Inventory.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in quality of life (QoL) for Family Caregivers
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
QoL for family caregivers will be assessed with the Caregiver Quality of Life - Cancer scale (CQoLC).
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change from baseline in advance care planning (ACP) stage of change
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
ACP stage of change will be assessed by a measure modified from Fried et. al assessing stage of change for 3 advance care planning behaviors (completing a living will, medical power of attorney form, or POLST form; patient only measure).
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in advance care planning (ACP) engagement
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
ACP engagement (self-efficacy, readiness) will be measured using 2 subscales of the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey (patient only measure).
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in caregiver burden
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Caregiver burden will be measured using the Zarit Burden Interview (family caregiver measure only)
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in avoidant coping
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Avoidant coping will be assessed using the Mini-MAC Cognitive Avoidance subscale
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in avoidant coping
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Avoidant coping will be assessed using the Brief COPE Self-Distraction, Denial, and Behavioral Disengagement subscales
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in depressive symptoms
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Depressive symptoms will be assessed using the PHQ-8
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in anxiety
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Anxiety will be assessed using the GAD-7
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in spiritual well-being
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Spiritual well-being will be measured using the FACIT-SP.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in sleep disturbance
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Sleep disturbance will be assessed using the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in family communication
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Family communication will be assessed using the Social Constraint Scale
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in interpersonal closeness
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Interpersonal closeness will be assessed using the Perceived Interpersonal Closeness Scale.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in acceptance of illness
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Acceptance of illness will be assessed using the PEACE Scale.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in mindfulness
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Mindfulness will be assessed using the FFMQ-SF Non-reactivity to Internal Experience and Acting with Awareness subscales.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Distress Thermometer
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Distress will be assessed using the Distress Thermometer.
Baseline, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks
Intervention satisfaction and helpfulness
Periodo de tiempo: 6 weeks
Satisfaction and helpfulness with the Mindfulness intervention will be assessed using single-item investigator-created 7- and 10-point Likert scales, respectively (Mindfulness group only).
6 weeks

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Patrocinador

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Shelley A Johns, PsyD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Actual)

9 de mayo de 2017

Finalización primaria (Actual)

11 de diciembre de 2017

Finalización del estudio (Actual)

11 de diciembre de 2017

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

16 de agosto de 2017

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

17 de agosto de 2017

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

22 de agosto de 2017

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

12 de agosto de 2020

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

10 de agosto de 2020

Última verificación

1 de agosto de 2020

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • 1702223546

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

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INDECISO

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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