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AYA-PeerConnect: A Communication Coaching Intervention for Adolescent/Young Adult Cancer Survivors (AYACS)

AYA-PeerConnect: A Communication Coaching Intervention for Adolescent/Young Adult Cancer Survivors (AYACS)

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18-35 years
All
Phase N/A
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Overview

This research is being done to test a communication coaching intervention pilot designed to improve communication quality between adolescent/young adult cancer survivors (AYACS) and their friends/peers. The results of the study will help to understand how to best support adolescent/young adult cancer survivors, and may inform the development or future implementation of similar programs for cancer survivor populations.

Description

This study is being done to test a communication coaching intervention designed to improve communication quality between adolescent/young adult cancer survivors (AYACS) and their friends/peers. The results of the study will help to understand how to best support adolescent/young adult cancer survivors, and may inform the development or future implementation of similar programs for cancer survivor populations.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participant is currently ≥18-35 years old
  • Participant is receiving cancer-directed care at Penn State Cancer Institute or Penn State Children's Hospital
  • Participant has completed all cancer-directed therapy and is at least 1 year from end of cancer treatment (based on date of last cancer-directed treatment)
  • Participant has access to a computer with internet capability
  • Participant is fluent in written and spoken English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participant is not fluent in written and spoken English
  • Participant with cognitive inability to participant in the study as determined by the study team
  • Participants with history of relapsed cancer

Study details
    Communication
    Anxiety
    Depression
    Social Isolation

NCT07454460

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

27 June 2026

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