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

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center
Started2026-04-14
Est. completion2026-07-30
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 35 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 35 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
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

Conditions5

AnxietyCancerCommunicationDepressionSocial Isolation

Locations1 site

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033

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