Increasing Resiliency Among Early Post-Treatment Lymphoma Survivors

Purpose

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a mind body resilience group program can help increase lymphoma survivors' ability to cope with and manage the challenges that come with the transition into early post treatment survivorship.

Condition

  • Lymphoma

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • English speaking adult (18 years or older at enrollment) - At least 6-months post-lymphoma diagnosis and within 2 years of completing active, curative treatment for lymphoma (includes surgery, chemotherapy/immunotherapy/radiation therapy, or other)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Active Psychiatric or cognitive comorbidity as determined by site PI or treating clinician - Unwilling or unable to participate using telehealth platform

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
Single (Investigator)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Other
Enhanced Usual Care 		Participants randomized to EUC will be referred to their site social work team. This most closely resembles the real-world care available to survivors on an outpatient basis. It is an enhanced version of usual care because proactive identification and referral of posttreatment survivors is not routinely done.
  • Other: Enhanced Usual Care
    Participants will receive a singleevaluation with a site social worker along with a list of mental health, social or community resources . This most closely resembles the real-world care available to survivors on an outpatient basis, however, we call this enhanced usual care since proactive identification and referral of posttreatment survivors is not routinely done.
Experimental
SMART3RP-Lymphoma 		Participants will participate in 8 weekly group sessions, delivered virtually. The intervention components include: 1. Eliciting the relaxation response (RR) involves sustained mental focus with an attitude of open receptive awareness. 2. CBT to improve stress management involves increasing awareness and identification of the components of one's stress response (negative thoughts, emotions, physical reactions, behaviors, and relational) and learning skills at each session to alter these components (e.g., cognitive restructuring). 3. Positive psychology strategies to achieve growth enhancement focus on utilizing techniques and skills to promote positive growth. Skills focus on increasing social support, positive affect, and compassion.
  • Other: SMART3RP-Lymphoma
    The intervention components include: 1. Eliciting the relaxation response (RR) involves sustained mental focus with an attitude of open receptive awareness. 2. CBT to improve stress management involves increasing awareness and identification of the components of one's stress response (negative thoughts, emotions, physical reactions, behaviors, and relational) and learning skills at each session to alter these components (e.g., cognitive restructuring). 3. Positive psychology strategies to achieve growth enhancement focus on utilizing techniques and skills to promote positive growth. Skills focus on increasing social support, positive affect, and compassion.

Recruiting Locations

Mass General Brigham
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Contact:
Giselle Perez, PhD
617-724-0765
gperez@mgh.harvard.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Contact

Detailed Description

This is a randomized controlled trial assessing the effects of the Stress Management and Resiliency Training: Relaxation Response Resiliency-Lymphoma (SMART3RP-Lymphoma) compared to Enhanced Usual Care on 254 early post treatment lymphoma survivors. The SMART-3RP is a comprehensive, evidence-based mind body group program designed to help individuals adapt to chronic stress (i.e., increase their resilience). It understands the adjustment to chronic stress as a dynamic process, blending CBT, positive psychology and mind body tools to target key coping processes. This trial seeks to answer the following questions: - Will survivors randomized to SMART3RP-Lymphoma demonstrate greater improvements in coping skills when compared to survivors randomized to enhanced usual care? - Do factors, such as age, sex, race/ethnicity, rural/urban living, socioeconomic status, impact how survivors respond to the treatment?