Clinical trial NCT03446092: Mindfulness for People With Incurable Cancer
Official title: A Pilot Investigation of a Mindfulness Course for People With Incurable Cancer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cancer
Keywords: Cancer
Mindfulness
Palliative care
Lead sponsor: Lancaster University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
name: Rosemere Cancer Foundation, UK
First posted: 2018-02-26
Enrollment: 3
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study will investigate whether a mindfulness course can help people with incurable cancer who are seen by oncologists in a particular National Health Service Hospital Trust in the United Kingdom.

Detailed description: It can be hard to come to terms with living with a life limiting condition such as incurable cancer and individuals are at risk of experiencing high levels of psychological distress, which can often be overlooked when the focus is on managing physical symptoms.

Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be helpful in reducing distress for people with cancer generally. This pilot study will use an established mindfulness programme called mindfulness for health with people with cancer which is incurable to see if this type of intervention is acceptable and useful for this group of people.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Deemed by the oncologist to have incurable cancer
* Patient of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
* Treated by an oncologist
* Believe they are able to commit to attending most of the mindfulness course sessions
* Oncologist assesses they are well enough to participate in the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having any other condition or difficulty which the medical team thinks would compromise their participation in the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability and usefulness of intervention for participants
timeFrame: Within 4 weeks of the end of the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability and usefulness of intervention for participants- 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months following completion of the intervention
measure: Change in depression anxiety and stress
timeFrame: Collected before the intervention (up to 4 weeks before the intervention) and within 4 weeks of the end of the intervention
measure: Change in depression anxiety and stress-3 months
timeFrame: Collected before the intervention (up to 4 weeks before the intervention) and 3 months after the end of the intervention
measure: Change in mindfulness
timeFrame: Collected before the intervention (up to 4 weeks before the intervention) and within 4 weeks of the end of the intervention
measure: Change in mindfulness- 3 months
timeFrame: Collected before the intervention (up to 4 weeks before the intervention) and 3 months following the intervention
measure: Change in quality of life
timeFrame: Collected before the intervention (up to 4 weeks before the intervention) and within 4 weeks of the end of the intervention
measure: Change in quality of life - 3 months
timeFrame: Collected before the intervention (up to 4 weeks before the intervention) and 3 months following the intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lancaster
country: United Kingdom
facility: Royal Lancaster Infirmary
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