Feasibility of the YATAC Programme

REHPA, The Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Other: A rehabilition programme for young adult cancer survivors

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05551286

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Young adult cancer survivors (YACS) aged 18-39 report physical and psychosocial late effects following cancer treatment, impairing quality of life and participation in everyday life. To address such multifactorial challenges complex or multicomponent rehabilitation interventions are needed. Based on this, the 'Young Adult Taking Action' (YATAC) programme was developed to increase participation in everyday life and improve health-related quality of life. The development of the intervention is guided by the British Medical Research Council's guidance (MRC) and the framework for the co-production and prototyping of public health interventions by Hawkins et al.

The present study will investigate the acceptability and fidelity of the intervention at the research clinic of REHPA, the Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care in Nyborg, Denmark. A mixed method one-armed feasibility study will be conducted and the results of the study will be used to revise version 1.0 of the programme.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between 18-39 years old at baseline
• Have had any type of cancer
• Have completed primary/active cancer directed treatment (cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or definitive surgical intervention, while current hormonal treatments or maintenance therapies are permissible)
• Determined a need for rehabilitation determined by the REHPA scale (a linear analogue scale, where the participants indicate how close they are to living the life they desire after ending cancer treatment). The scale ranges from 0= 'goal reached' to 9= 'infinitely far from'
• Have access to a device with Internet options (i.e., smartphone or tablet)

Exclusion criteria

• Dependent in basic personal activities of daily living (personal care, dressing and eating)
• No permanent residence in Denmark
• Not able to speak and understand Danish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 1 patient group

Young Adults Taking Action

Experimental group

Description:

The programme is person-centered, goal-oriented, and peer-based and is structured around a 5-day residential stay, an online follow-up after five weeks and a 2-day residential follow-up stay after ten weeks.

Treatment:

Other: A rehabilition programme for young adult cancer survivors