Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria - Patients:

• Age  ≥ 18 years old.
• English fluency.
• No diagnosed severe cognitive impairment.
• Diagnosis of advanced, incurable solid tumor cancer.
• Expected prognosis > 6 months.
• Provide informed consent (written or electronic).
• Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance.
• Patient baseline distress score ≥ 4/10 OR identified as having distress that would benefit from program by care team or provider.
• Ability to do first Resilient Living session in person.

Inclusion Criteria - Caregivers:

• Self-identifies as a caregiver of a patient that meets the above cancer diagnosis criteria, and who also participates in the study.
• Provide informed consent (written or electronic).
• Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance.
• Age ≥ 18 years old.
• English fluency.
• No diagnosed severe cognitive impairment.
• Ability to do first Resilient Living session in person.

Exclusion Criteria: 

• As determined through self-report, those diagnosed with a history of a psychotic episode will be excluded.
• Other psychological co-morbidities such as untreated schizophrenia, bipolar disease.
• Participated in the Mayo Clinic study entitled “Feasibility and Acceptability of a Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) Intervention for Family Caregivers of Individuals with Advanced Cancer Undergoing Outpatient Chemotherapy."