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

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Conditions studied: Communication, Anxiety, Depression, Social Isolation

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07454460

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

10

Starts

2026-04-14

Expected to finish

2026-07-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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