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A Study of a One-Time Counseling Session to Help Reduce Depression, Anxiety, and Distress in People With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT07218250
Registry status: Recruiting
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Conditions: Breast Cancer

Overview

ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Recruiting.

Official title: Piloting Single Session Consultation for Cancer (SSC-C) to Alleviate Distress Among Cancer Patients

Enrollment: 26 participants (Estimated).

What is being studied

Other: American Cancer Society booklet
Behavioral: Single Counseling Session

Who may be eligible

Ages: 18 Years to no maximum
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers accepted: No

ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient must have pathologically confirmed cancer (per EMR). * Patient with localized or advanced cancer (per EMR). * Patient is on a waitlist of at least 2 weeks or more for MSK Counseling Center intake and will not complete a New Visit with a clinical psychologist prior to intervention (these patients will be replaced) (per EMR, patient's care team, or self-report) * Has not had and is not scheduled to have an appointment with an MSK psychiatrist or MSK Counseling Center advanced practice provider (per EMR, patient's care team, or self-report) * Age ≥ 18 (per EMR) * English fluency - Per self-report: How well do you speak English? * Agrees to be audio-recorded (per self-report) NOTE: Participants who report Very well are considered fluent. * Lives in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Florida (per self-report). * Has no significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview, or informed consent (i.e., acute psychiatric symptoms which require urgent or extended individual treatment) (per EMR, patient's care team, or study team). * Has no presence of cognitive impairment disorder (i.e., delirium, dementia, or traumatic brain injury) sufficient to preclude meaningful informed consent and/or data collection (per EMR, patient's care team, study team, or per self-report of BOMC cognitive test). * Has no current active or passive suicidal ideation ((per EMR, patient's care team, study team, per item 9 of the PHQ-9, or the CSSRS).

Study locations

7 study locations are listed.

Recruiting site status is explicitly provided for 7 locations; 7 are listed as Recruiting.

Countries: United States

New Jersey, United States: 3
New York, United States: 4

Sample of listed locations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only) — Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only) — Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Consent Only) — Commack, New York, 11725, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only) — Harrison, New York, 10604, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) — New York, New York, 10065, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only) — Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States — Recruiting

Study details

Start date: June 4, 2026
Primary completion date: June 1, 2027
Completion date: June 1, 2027
First posted: October 20, 2025
Collaborators: The City College of New York

Source and update information

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
NCT ID: NCT07218250
Registry last updated: September 30, 2026
QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed: October 5, 2026
QualifiedStudies record fetched: October 5, 2026

View NCT07218250 on ClinicalTrials.gov

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