Clinical trial · Interventional
Peer2Me: A Peer Supported Program for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
Evaluation of a Peer Supported Program for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The present bicentric study has the aim to investigate the effectiveness of the peer supported mentoring program 'Peer2Me' with regard to psychosocial parameters using a prospective Comprehensive Cohort Design. Over a period of three months, acutely ill patients in the intervention group are accompanied by a mentor with the same disease and of similar age. Patients in the control group receive a one-time consultation. Before and after the intervention, mentors and mentees are interviewed about their psychosocial distress and quality of life.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Psychosocial Problem | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peer support | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Peer support
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
Primary outcomes (10)
- measure
- Assessing post traumatic growth of mentors and change
- timeFrame
- Baseline and 3 months after intervention
- description
- The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) measures the extent to which patients have experienced positive changes regarding cancer. The questionnaire contains 21 items in the five dimensions: new opportunities, relationship with others, personal strength, appreciation of life, and spiritual change. Using a three-point Likert scale, patients indicate the extent to which the item responses apply. Item scores are summed to form a total score, with higher scores indicating higher posttraumatic growth.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 39 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Cancer disease between the ages of 18 and 39 (all tumor entities) * completion of acute treatment at least 2 years ago (mentors) * curative prognosis * Native language German or fluent German speaker * first cancer diagnosis in the last 6 months (mentees, all tumor entities) * curative prognosis Exclusion Criteria: * existing and already diagnosed psychiatric disease, ongoing psychotherapy and/or existing suicidal tendency * palliative treatment approach
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDBrock H, Dwinger S, Friedrich M, Sender A, Geue K, Mehnert-Theuerkauf A, Bergelt C, Richter D. Peer2Me - impact of peer support on self-efficacy in young adult cancer survivors (YA-CS): findings from a comprehensive cohort design. BMC Cancer. 2025 May 26;25(1):943. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-14323-5. PMID 40420294
- DERIVEDBrock H, Dwinger S, Bergelt C, Sender A, Geue K, Mehnert-Theuerkauf A, Richter D. Peer2Me - evaluation of a peer supported program for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients: study protocol of a randomised trial using a comprehensive cohort design. BMC Cancer. 2024 Jul 2;24(1):788. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12547-5. PMID 38956510