A Multicomponent Support Program to Enhance Quality of Life in Chinese Cancer Patients and Survivors (MSP-CCS): Pilot Optimization Trial and Implementation Outcomes
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate different combinations of cancer education sessions, counseling sessions, and peer support meetings developed for Chinese cancer patients and survivors. The researchers will look at whether the combinations are practical and effective, and how they impact participants' quality of life.
Arms & interventions
- OtherCancer Education
Cancer Education on side effects and their management, treatment options, advance care planning, and survivorship. Each session will last about 30-60 minutes and will be completed over the phone or by video call.
- OtherMeaning-Centered Counseling
Meaning-centered counseling aims to activate culturally relevant meaning-focused coping strategies in Chinese-speaking patients and survivors (CCS). Each session will last about 45-60 minutes and will be completed over the phone or by video call.
- OtherPeer Support
Peer support aims to increase social support for CCS to decrease cancer stigma, which has been associated with greater psychological distress, especially among less acculturated Chinese immigrant CCS. The meetings will include up to 6-8 Mandarin-speaking patients and survivors and will last about 90 minutes.
- OtherEnhanced Standard Care
enhanced standard care ( written cancer information materials in Chinese and referral to counseling)
Outcome measures
Primary
Proportion of eligible participants who enroll in the trial.
Time frame: 2 years
Proportion of participants who complete treatment
Pproportion of assessments that are completed, with completion defined as submitting the 24-week assessment with a minimum of the FACT-G completed.
Time frame: 24 weeks
Eligibility criteria
Study locations (7)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities)
Commack, New York, 11725
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)
Harrison, New York, 10604
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, 10065
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
Uniondale, New York, 11553