New telehealth program aims to ease emotional burden of advanced cancer
NCT ID NCT06883058
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a 5-session telehealth program called CASA that helps advanced cancer patients and their caregivers cope with emotional and spiritual challenges. The program is designed for people with stage III or IV cancer and their caregivers. The goal is to see if it improves well-being and reduces anxiety and depression.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 62 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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21 to 105 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Cancer patients must be stage III and IV solid tumor patients who report distress \>4 on the Distress Thermometer * Caregivers. Identified caregivers by distressed patients. Exclusion Criteria: * diagnosed with a major disabling medical or psychiatric condition * unable to understand the consent procedure, or (3) too ill to participate, all as reported by the participant and/or determined by the investigator's judgment.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ponce Research Institute
Ponce, PR, 00717, Puerto Rico
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