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Study identifier: NCT05456841 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 28, 2026
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Empathic Communication Skills (ECS) Training

Condition: Lung Cancer  ·  Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

PhaseNA
Planned participants1232
Who can joinAll sexes, 18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteersYes

About this study

Research indicates that perceived stigma within medical encounters is prevalent and problematic for lung cancer patients' well-being and quality of cancer care. Promoting empathic communication appears to be a potentially effective intervention target to help reduce patients' perceptions of stigma within clinical encounters; however, no formal trainings exist that focus on teaching empathic communication to oncology care providers (OCPs). Building upon favorable findings from a prior R21 (R21CA202793) and the importance of developing interventions to address lung cancer stigma, our goal is to conduct a national trial of empathic communication skills (ECS) training to facilitate improvements in the medical and psychosocial care of patients through de-stigmatizing interactions with OCPs for patients diagnosed with lung cancer.

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Talk to the study team

Smita Banerjee, PhD  ·  646-888-0011  ·  banerjes@mskcc.org

Jamie Ostroff, PhD  ·  646-888-0041  ·  ostroffj@mskcc.org

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Locations (12)

Providence St. Joseph Health (Data Collection Only)Irvine, California, United StatesCompleted
BAPTIST ALLIANCE - MCI (Data Collection Only)Miami, Florida, United StatesRecruiting
Advocate Health Care NetworkLibertyville, Illinois, United StatesRecruiting
University of Kentucky (Data Collection Only)Lexington, Kentucky, United StatesCompleted
Munson Healthcare (Data Collection Only)Traverse City, Michigan, United StatesCompleted
Hackensack Meridian Health (Data collection only)Hackensack, New Jersey, United StatesRecruiting
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Data Collection Only)Buffalo, New York, United StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)New York, New York, United StatesRecruiting
Virtua Health (Data Collection Only)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesCompleted
University of Pennsylvania (Data Collection Only)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesRecruiting
Fox Chase Cancer Center (Data Collection Only)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesRecruiting
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Data Collection Only)Chesapeake, Virginia, United StatesRecruiting

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