Clinical trial · Interventional
The Mediating Effects of Decentering on Self-Management of Stress and End of Life Planning
Self-Management of Stress in Caregivers of Cancer Patients
- 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)
Caregivers of persons with cancer may face many challenges as they support and care for a person receiving treatment. Sometimes having to help make treatment decisions for a patient can cause distress for caregivers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate 2 different electronic approaches to providing support for a caregiver. One group will have access to an on-line program with videos, providing education on decision making strategies for caregivers of patients with cancer, to watch and a daily meditation application and the other group will have access to the daily meditation application. Investigators will randomly assign participants to each group.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
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 Gynecological Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Stage IV Gastrointestinal Cancer | Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver wellness videos | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| End of Life Planning Videos | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Stop, Breathe & Think™ | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- End of Life Care with Meditation
- description
- The intervention has two content components: end of life planning education (using end of life planning videos) and strategies and kindness based meditation (using the Stop, Breathe \& Think™ app). The activities comprising these components work together to improve both analytic neural processing (e.g. improving knowledge about goal setting and EOL planning, learning self-monitoring of EOL values and goals of care, and self-regulation skills of monitoring symptoms of distress and anxiety) and emotional neural processing (e.g. teaching participants to experience the moment non-judgmentally and directing thoughts to think positive thoughts and feel positive feelings like kindness and compassion.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Stop, Breathe & Think™
- Behavioral: End of Life Planning Videos
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Meditation Only
- description
- This arm has the single content component of kindness based meditation delivered by using the Stop, Breathe \& Think™ application. This group will also be instructed to view 3 caregiver wellness videos.
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * caregivers of patients who have been diagnosed with Stage IV gastrointestinal (GI) cancer * coming with the patient at the Seidman Comprehensive Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) * have access to the internet and a computer, tablet, or smart phone, and * speak and comprehend English. Exclusion Criteria: * currently practicing mindfulness-based interventions (yoga, meditation, deep breathing) * require psychotherapy within the last three months * have a history of dementia, major neurological illness * pregnant * history of a medical condition or procedure that is contraindicated for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning (i.e. cardiac pacemaker, sternal wires, or metal implants); and * claustrophobia requiring anxiolytics or sedation; or * expect to relocate from Northeast, Ohio within 2 months
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDMoore SM, Musil CM, Alder ML, Pignatiello G, Higgins P, Webel A, Wright KD. Building a Research Data Repository for Chronic Condition Self-Management Using Harmonized Data. Nurs Res. 2020 Jul/Aug;69(4):254-263. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000435. PMID 32205788