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AYA-PeerConnect: A Communication Coaching Intervention for Adolescent/Young Adult Cancer Survivors (AYACS)
NCT07454460 · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
In plain English
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About this study
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 criteria
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 design
Enrollment target: 10 participants
Allocation: na
Masking: none
Age groups: adult
Timeline
Starts: 2026-04-14
Estimated completion: 2026-07-30
Last updated: 2026-05-22
Interventions
Behavioral: Asynchronous coaching and artificial intelligence (AI) Yoodli coach sessions
Primary outcomes
- • Intervention Feasibility (Quantitative) (Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month))
- • Intervention Feasibility (Qualitative) (Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month))
- • Intervention Acceptability (Quantitative) (Post intervention follow up visit (Up to a month))
Sponsor
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · other
Contacts & investigators
ContactPooja Rao, MD MSCE · contact · prao2@pennstatehealth.psu.edu · 7175316012
InvestigatorPooja Rao, MD MSCE · principal_investigator, Penn State College of Medicine
All locations (1)
Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterRecruiting
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States