Pilot Trial of Spiritual Care Interventions for Patients With Cancer

This will be a pilot, stratified block randomized controlled trial of the effects of healthcare chaplain services on spiritual well-being and advance care planning (ACP) among black advanced cancer patients (N=64) in outpatient settings at two medical institutions: NYP/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (BMH) and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). The investigators will randomly assign patients in a 1:1 ratio to either the Spiritual Care Intervention #1 or Spiritual Care Intervention #2 arm of the trial. Intervention details are being withheld until the trial concludes to protect the scientific integrity of the study. Trial outcomes will be assessed at the primary endpoint, 2 months after the onset of the spiritual care intervention.