Clinical trial · Interventional
Art Therapy in Palliative Care: Study of Identification and Understanding of the Mechanisms of Change in the Patient
NCT02801045CI-TRIAL-00057324completedN/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)
This study evaluates from the patient's perspective which elements of the own artistic creative process are the source of a beneficial change for him/her and how those elements influence in their end of life experience.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cancers | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Psychological Stress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Suffering | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| art therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- art therapy
- description
- Individual 30-60 minutes art therapy sessions, twice a week, offering visual arts materials.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: art therapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Reflect Interview (RI) using audio recording.
- timeFrame
- After the making of a minimum of 5 art pieces, an average of 2 weeks
- description
- An art based interview is administered and involves the patients selecting 2 significant artworks from their art therapy productions. The patient is asked by the art therapist for a narrative of how one artwork relates to the other in the context of his/her lived experience. The art therapy dialogue from the RI is transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * advanced-cancer adult inpatients of the Palliative Care Unit * informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * altered cognitive function (Mini-Mental Test \< 24) * physical decline (palliative care team's criteria) that impedes the art therapy process
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