Development and Evaluation of THRIVE

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Oncology

Treatments

Behavioral: text messages

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03806140

14-010834

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators will test the feasibility and acceptability, as well as efficacy (exploratory aim) of a text messaging intervention for Adolescents and young adults (AYA) transitioning off active treatment for cancer. Texting Health Resources to Inform, motiVate, and Engage (THRIVE) is intended to improve knowledge about health promotion and health vulnerability and importance of continued engagement in care, while also providing support and improving efficacy to achieve health-related goals.

Full description

Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer are recognized as an understudied and underserved population in oncology. AYA engagement in ongoing disease management is compromised by lack of awareness of their continued health vulnerabilities and need for continued care, their desire to be "normal" and remove themselves from the cancer experience, and lack of AYA-appropriate support and services. Thus, AYA with cancer, especially those completing active treatment, are extremely vulnerable and in need of support to maintain remission and assure optimal health into adulthood. To address the immediate need for innovative interventions targeting AYA completing cancer treatment, the proposed study will test the efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of a tailored text messaging intervention for AYA transitioning off active treatment called THRIVE (Texting Health Resources to Inform, motiVate, and Engage).

A pilot randomized controlled trial testing the acceptability and feasibility (primary) and initial efficacy (secondary) of a health promoting mobile health texting intervention with AYA transitioning off active cancer treatment to follow-up care.

The intervention compares a texting intervention to a receipt of an AYA survivorship handbook. Acceptability and feasibility are primary outcomes. Efficacy outcomes include measures of knowledge, healthcare utilization, adherence, engagement in care, and psychosocial well-being measures.

Enrollment

62 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 25 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosed with cancer
Males or females between the ages of 12 and 25
In remission (per documentation in chart)
Within 12 months of completing active treatment for cancer
Cognitively capable to complete measures (per documentation in chart of impairment or parent or provider report).
Able to read and speak English.
Parent available to provide consent for those ages 12 to 17

Exclusion criteria

1)Subjects that do not meet inclusion criteria described above will be excluded.