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Death And Dying |
Advance Directives; End of Life; Living Wills |
Clinical Trial: Spirituality, Religiosity, and Immune Functioning
This study is no longer recruiting patients.
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine whether religiosity and spirituality are related to immune functioning, as measured by interleukin-6 blood plasma level, among terminally ill cancer patients.
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| Cancer Depression Dying Process |
MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer; Cancer Alternative Therapy; Depression
Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Screening, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Prospective Study
Expected Total Enrollment: 120
Study start: September 2003; Study completion: June 2004
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 21 Years and above, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Inpatient at Calvary Hospital
- Diagnosis of terminal cancer
- Score of 20 or above on Mini-Mental State Exam
Exclusion criteria:
- Presence of a psychiatric disorder that would preclude the production of meaningful data
Location Information
New York
Calvary Hospital, Bronx, New York, United States
Barry Rosenfeld, PhD, Principal Investigator, Fordham University
William Breitbart, MD, Principal Investigator, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
More Information
Publications
McClain CS, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients. Lancet. 2003 May 10;361(9369):1603-7.
Record last reviewed: September 2004
Last Updated: October 13, 2004
Record first received: August 7, 2003
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00066924
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 9, 2005
Resources
- Advance Care Planning: Guidance for Proxies (American Medical Association)
- Advance Care Planning: Preferences for Care at the End of Life (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
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