Happiness therapy: new study aims to ease anxiety in transplant survivors
NCT ID NCT06328127
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a positive psychology program called PATH for people who have had a stem cell transplant. The goal is to see if it can reduce anxiety and depression and improve quality of life. About 400 adult survivors will be randomly assigned to the program or usual care. The program involves phone-based exercises focused on gratitude, kindness, and other positive skills.
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Study facts
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- 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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Adult patients (aged 18 years and older) undergoing allogeneic HSCT and are approaching 100-days post-HSCT * Ability to speak, read, and respond to questions in English or Spanish to complete study procedures * Access to a basic telephone Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who underwent allogeneic HSCT for benign hematologic conditions * Patients with severe psychiatric or cognitive conditions, such as dementia, determined by their transplant oncologist to make them unable to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Duke Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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