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Support for Cancer Patients Awaiting News
Support for Cancer Patients Awaiting News (SCAN Study): Pilot Testing a Stress Management Program
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult (ages 18 and older) 2. Comfortable speaking, reading, and writing English without an interpreter 3. Established diagnosis of lung cancer (3a. Open Trial phase only: Stage III-IV lung cancer or extensive stage small cell lung cancer) 4. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0 to 2 5. Receiving ongoing care from collaborating clinics with regular scans 6. Receiving systemic treatment for lung cancer 7. Endorse at least mild anxiety (using the PROMIS Anxiety 4a) or appointment- or scan-related stress on 4-item screen (using a modified Distress Thermometer item, a Fear of Progression scale item, an Impact of Events scale item, and an item from our prior study) 8. Willingness to use the study website Exclusion Criteria: 1. Moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment (per dementia diagnosis or cognitive screen) 2. Requires an interpreter for medical visits 3. Severe psychiatric illness (psychiatric hospitalization in the past year, or substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, or psychosis diagnosis) 4. Currently enrolled in hospice 5. Unable to complete study activities per oncology provider's judgment (e.g., due to fatigue)
About the study
This is a behavioral trial study to pilot test a stress management intervention for people with cancer who are undergoing routine cancer scans. The study will involve two pilot testing phases. Initial feasibility will be determined in an Open Trial phase, to inform any needed revisions to the intervention and/or protocol prior to a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial phase. The Open Trial phase is an unblinded, single-site, single-arm open trial (n=10). The Pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) phase is an unblinded, single-site, feasibility pilot randomized controlled trial (n=50).
What is being tested
- Adapted Stress Management Program (behavioral)
- Enhanced Usual Care (behavioral)
Sponsor: Hackensack Meridian Health · Participants: 60 · Started: May 1, 2024
Contact the study team
- Amanda Khoudary, BA · Phone: 2018803445
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06199570
Locations in the U.S.
| New Jersey | Amanda Khoudary, Hackensack |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.