🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-03-25

The Transitions Project: Supporting Adults During the Shift From Cancer Treatment to Surveillance (NCT04450043)

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This research study is designed to develop and test a new supportive care program to help individuals with lung cancer improve their quality of life after cancer treatment is over.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (7 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (3 items).

Location: Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts

Age range: 21 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • Run-In Sessions 1-5 (BEHAVIORAL)
  • RCT Transitions Program Sessions 1-5 (BEHAVIORAL)
  • RCT Control Session (BEHAVIORAL)

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Comorbid health condition that would interfere with study participation
  • Current participation in cognitive behavioral therapy treatment

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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