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

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-35
SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center

About this trial

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 criteria

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

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

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Asynchronous coaching and artificial intelligence (AI) Yoodli coach sessions

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group