New therapy helps chinese cancer patients find purpose amid pain

NCT ID NCT02112188

Ongoing Symptom relief Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study adapts a type of counseling called Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Chinese immigrants with advanced cancer. The goal is to help patients maintain a sense of meaning and purpose in life despite their illness. Researchers will interview and test the adapted program with 84 participants to see if it reduces emotional suffering and improves well-being.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

ADVANCED CANCER

Contacts and locations

Locations

City College of New York (Data Collection AND Data Analysis)

New York, New York, 10031, United States
MSK at Ralph Lauren (Limited Protocol Activities)

New York, New York, 10035, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10065, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk- Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)

Commack, New York, 11725, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

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