Managing Anxiety From Cancer (MAC): Testing an Intervention for Anxiety in Older Adults With Cancer and Their Caregivers
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Official title
Managing Anxiety From Cancer (MAC): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychological Intervention for Anxiety in Older Adults With Cancer and Their Caregivers
Brief summary
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This study is being done to test the effects of Managing Anxiety from Cancer (MAC) therapy on anxiety compared to usual care, in patients and their caregivers. MAC is different from usual care because it uses a plan for managing anxiety that has been shown to work in previous studies. MAC has designed this plan for people 65 years of age and older. MAC also includes the primary caregiver which has been shown to help patients manage their anxiety.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03168971
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 26 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 22, 2019
- Primary completion
- Oct 26, 2025
- Completion
- Oct 26, 2025
- Last update posted
- Oct 28, 2025
2019 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10065 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 28, 2025 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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