LiveWell: An Adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training Protocol for Patients Living With Metastatic Lung Cancer

ConditionSurvivorship
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedical University of South Carolina

About this trial

In this pilot randomized controlled trial, patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and at least mild distress (N=80) will be randomized to receive LiveWell, an adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Training protocol) or Usual Care. The investigators will evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of LiveWell to reduce distress (primary outcome) and improve psychological well-being, symptom burden, and quality of life (secondary outcomes). The investigators will explore emotion regulation as a potential mechanism of change.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≥ 18

AJCC Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer

Receiving treatment with non-curative intent

English proficiency

Disqualifiers

Cognitive impairment

Untreated serious mental illness

Expected survival < 6 months

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • LiveWell: An Adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training Program

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

Medical University of South Carolina

Lead sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator