Feasibility of a Self-Management + Peer Mentoring Intervention for Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Cancer Survivors

Treatments: Behavioral: Managing Your Health: Self-Management + Peer Mentoring

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04075734

20150001955

R21CA222936 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of the "Managing Your Health" online self-management skills+peer mentoring intervention that focuses on overcoming survivor barriers to self-management of their survivorship care. We will conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the intervention versus usual care with adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer ages 18-25 years. Participants will complete survey measures at baseline, Time 2 (about 2 months after baseline), Time 3 (about 5 months after baseline), and Time 4 (about 12 months after baseline).

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Evaluate the feasibility of the online self-management+peer mentoring program in a pilot RCT.

II. Assess preliminary efficacy of the intervention.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Young Adult Survivors:

• age 18-25;
• at least 2 years from treatment for any pediatric cancer diagnosed at age 0-19;
• low self-reported responsibility for healthcare as indicated by reporting parent is primarily responsible for healthcare or low score (1 or 2) on two or more items from Readiness for Transition Questionnaire - Survivor Version.

Peer Mentor:

• age 21-29;
• at least 2 years from treatment for any pediatric cancer diagnosed at age 0-19;
• self-reported primary responsibility for healthcare and "complete" readiness to assume responsibility or high scores (3 or 4) on all items from Readiness for Transition Questionnaire - Survivor Version.

Exclusion criteria

• Documented or self-reported cognitive delay to prevent self-management of healthcare.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention consists of (1) online self-management educational modules and (2) weekly peer mentor calls to facilitate engagement with the modules and offer specialized support over approximately six weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Managing Your Health: Self-Management + Peer Mentoring

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants are not receiving the tested intervention. They continue to receive standard or routine psychosocial or transition care available to them as part of the normal practice