Can Faith-Based counseling ease tough medical choices for cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT07246954
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests a spiritual care program called PEACE, led by chaplains and clinicians, for people with advanced cancer. The goal is to see if it helps patients whose faith influences their medical decisions. Sixty participants will receive two counseling sessions or usual care, and researchers will measure how it affects their beliefs and choices.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chaplain-clinician led spiritual care (PEACE) intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a way to help advanced cancer patients align their faith with medical decisions, improving their emotional well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply widely. The intervention is brief and may not have lasting effects.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
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.
Eligibility Criteria 1. Participants with advanced cancer (locally advanced, metastatic, recurrent, or incurable) seen by the participant supportive/palliative care mobile team at MD Anderson Cancer Center. 2. Respond "somewhat to A great deal" to the question in the RBEC questionnaire "I will accept every possible medical treatment because my faith tells me to do everything I can to stay alive longer". 3. Participant s aged 18 years or over. 4. Karnofsky performance status ≥30% at time of inclusion into study. 5. Normal cognitive status as determined by the supportive care clinicians based on the ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process. 6. Only English-speaking, as determined by their ability to understand the informed consent, the intervention, and the assessment tools.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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