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Clinical Trials: Detail
| Title: | Meaning-Focused Group Intervention for Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic
Pancreatic Cancer Aimed at Improving Self-Transcendence and Quality of Life
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| Trial Start Date: | 12/13/2007 |
| Trial End Date: | 12/12/2008 |
| Principal Investigator: | Nicole Goetz, NP |
| Description: | The main goal for this project is to determine the feasibility of offering a structured 8 week group program for patients with recurrent or metastatic pancreatic cancer that aims to improve their quality of life. |
| Criteria: | This will be a group for adults only older than 18 years of age. Participants will need to be able to speak, write, and comprehend English because it is essential that all members of the group are able to interact with each other as well as the facilitators of the group. Participants must be able to sit in a wheelchair or chair. Appropriate consent forms will be signed by all participants before the intervention begins. Participants will be allowed to drop out of the study at any time and without penalty. |
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| Clinical Areas: | Pancreas |
| Contact: | For more information, please contact
Joanna Martinez-Gomez, MPH
Phone: 212-305-9337
E-mail: jm2648@columbia.edu
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