Clinical trial · Interventional
Online and Narrative Interventions for Advanced Cancer Patients
Online Narrative Interventions and Family Support for Advanced Cancer Patients
NCT00948207CI-TRIAL-00041779completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The investigators will test whether narrative life review and web-based social networking for middle aged adults with advanced cancer will improve: 1. existential well being (and reduce psychological distress) 2. generativity and relationship quality, thereby mediating the intervention effects The investigators will also conduct exploratory process analyses of each participant's social network.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metastatic Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Living Story | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| My Own Resources | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- My Living Story
- description
- "My Living Story" elicits a dignity-enhancing life story via a telephone interview, and delivers the edited transcript on the patient's personal miLivingStory social network. miLivingStory also provides a direct link to miStory, a life review education website with links to high quality websites that provide cancer information, databases to "do your own research", social support, interactive planning tools, and a page to add their own weblinks. miLivingStory and miStory are both password protected.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: My Living Story
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- My Own Resources
- description
- My Own Resources offers usual care access to high quality websites that provide cancer information, databases to "do your own research," social support, and interactive planning tools. Participants will receive access to the website miOwnResources.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: My Living Story
- Behavioral: My Own Resources
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 30 Years
- Maximum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 30 - 60, * Stage III or IV Cancer, * Able and willing to use an internet computer to complete study activities. Exclusion Criteria: * Institutionalized, \< 6 months prognosis, * Cannot read or understand English, * Unable or unwilling to use an internet computer to complete study activities.
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