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Social Experiences of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

NCT04328350 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 121

Last updated 2026-04-23

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Summary

Participants are being asked to take part in this clinical trial, a type of research study, because investigators want to learn more about the social experiences adolescents and young adults who are being treated or have been treated for cancer.

Primary Objectives

* Describe differences in social experience variables (peer connectedness, perceived social competence, parent versus peer attachment) based on treatment status: on versus off therapy.
* In on-therapy patients, describe differences in social experience variables (peer connectedness, perceived social competence, parent versus peer attachment) based on developmental stage: high school versus post-high school.

Secondary Objectives

* Assess the social support and peer interaction needs of AYA with cancer as a means of determining stakeholder interest and need for psychosocial interventions targeting social experiences.
* Using qualitative interviews, explore patient perceptions of the impact of cancer on social experiences among AYA, particularly with regards to changes in friendships as a result of the cancer diagnosis and the role of the hospital in helping or hindering friendship maintenance/development.

Exploratory Objectives

* Explore differences in social experience by demographic, disease and treatment factors, including: gender, diagnostic category (brain tumor, leukemia/lymphoma, solid tumor), late effects/symptom burden, and treatment (e.g., treatment intensity, serious medical events).
* Explore associations between perceived impact of cancer and social experience in AYA.
* Explore associations between use of social media and social experience.
* Explore associations between social experiences and overall functioning (quality of life, distress, coping).
* Explore the possibility of subclasses of AYA by using person-centered analyses to empirically derive profiles of social experience.

Conditions

  • Childhood Cancer
  • Social Behavior
  • Social Competence

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah W. Daniels, PhD · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
22 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-12
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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