NCT07177846Recruiting
LiveWell: An Adapted Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training Protocol for Patients Living With Metastatic Lung Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 8 Sept 2025
- Start date
- 15 Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Oct 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07177846
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 80
- From 15 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Oct 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Cognitive impairment
- Untreated serious mental illness
Other
- Expected survival \< 6 months
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥ 18
- AJCC Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
- Receiving treatment with non-curative intent or on active surveillance
- English proficiency
- Able to provide informed consent
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network distress screening score ≥ 3/10 plus endorse at least 1 emotional concern.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of South Carolina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
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