Building Empowerment and Coping Outcomes for caNcer Patients, Survivors and Their Caregivers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Survivorship; Caregiver Burnout; Cancer; Caregiving Stress
• Interventions: Behavioral: Cancer Connect Program

• Registration Number: NCT06353178
• Lead Sponsor: Color Health, Inc.

Brief Summary

Cancer has a psychological, emotional and social impact beyond a patient's physical health. This study examines three new online peer mental-wellness support program for cancer patients, survivors or their caregivers. Each program teaches evidence-based skills, in the context of that groups lived experience, to manage the emotional impact of cancer. This study examines the impact of that program.

Detailed Description

Cancer has a psychological, emotional and social impact beyond a patient's physical health. These problems often ripple beyond the individual with the diagnosis, to their broader community, and also beyond a cancer treatment course into survivorship. As a result, there are a wide range of socioemotional needs in those who have been impacted by cancer. Further, these emotional impacts have a direct impact on morbidity and mortality of cancer. A new peer mental-wellness support program, called Color Cancer Connect (CCC) supports cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers by teaching them evidence-based skills to manage the emotional impact of cancer. This study will examine all three programs (i.e., patient, survivor, caregiver) to gather data to measure the impact of the program on emotional well-being, quality of life and health behaviors.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-05
• Study Start: 2024-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-08
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-25
• Study Completion: 2025-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 133

Inclusion Criteria

• Lived experience as either a current cancer patient, cancer survivor or caregiver of someone with cancer
• Adult - 18+
• Has health insurance provided by employer or union (can be dependent of person on insurance)
• Read/speak English
• Have access to internet and personal email account

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe mental illness that is disruptive to other group members

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Waitlist	Cancer Connect Program	Participants assigned to this arm will be on a waitlist and will be invited to join the online peer program in 3 months.
Cancer Connect Program	Cancer Connect Program	Participants assigned to this arm will be able to attend the online peer program upon entering the study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression	Multiple time points across 8 months (waitlist; baseline, 2 months post waitlist, 3 months post waitlist, 2 months post program start, 3 months post program start) or 5 months (intervention; baseline, 2 months post program start, 3 months post program)	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Color Health; 🇺🇸 Burlingame, California, United States