Clinical trial · Interventional
Finding My Way-UK: Promoting Positive Psychological Outcomes in People Living With and Beyond Curatively Treated Cancer
Finding My Way-UK: Promoting Positive Psychological Outcomes in People Living With and Beyond Curatively Treated Cancer: A Pilot Randomised Trial
- 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 goal of this pilot randomised trial is to evaluate whether an online psychosocial intervention (Finding My Way-UK) is feasible and acceptable for individuals living with and beyond curatively treated cancer. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is Finding My Way-UK feasible and acceptable for individuals living with and beyond curatively treated cancer? 2. Are there preliminary signals of efficacy in benefit finding and other well-being outcomes (hope, resilience, and subjective well-being)? 3. What is the potential role of information-seeking styles and self-management self-efficacy? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1. Finding My Way-UK Intervention group: access a four-week, self-guided online program with six modules covering coping with treatment side effects, managing emotions, social support, body image, and post-treatment adjustment. 2. Control group: receive a digital information pack listing national psychological support resources. All study activities will take place online. Participants will complete questionnaires before the program, after four weeks, and three months later.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
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 |
| Cancer Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding My Way-UK | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Treatment-As-Usual Control | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Finding My Way-UK Intervention
- description
- Participants receive immediate access to the Finding My Way-UK online psychosocial program for four weeks. The program includes six self-guided modules on topics such as: treatment and communication with treatment teams, coping with treatment side effects, managing emotions, identity and body image, social support, and post-treatment adjustment.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Finding My Way-UK
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Control - Information Pack
- description
- Participants receive a digital information pack listing national psychological support resources for people living with and beyond cancer (e.g., Macmillan Cancer Support, Maggie's). This arm represents a treatment-as-usual control providing publicly available information but no structured psychosocial content.
- interventionNames
- Other: Treatment-As-Usual Control
Primary outcomes (7)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 16 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with any cancer within the past 12 months; * Cancer is being (or, indeed, was) treated with curative intent; * Aged 16 years or older; * Possess sufficient English proficiency to provide informed consent and use the program; * Able to access the internet and have access to an email address (or are willing to set an email address up with our help). Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of cancer not being treated with curative intent (for example, metastatic, stage IV, or otherwise advanced-stage disease); * And/Or have a severe comorbidity that may hinder their ability to participate fully (such as being unable to complete study procedures or provide informed consent).
References
Publications (10)
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- RESULTLorig KR, Sobel DS, Ritter PL, Laurent D, Hobbs M. Effect of a self-management program on patients with chronic disease. Eff Clin Pract. 2001 Nov-Dec;4(6):256-62. PMID 11769298
- RESULTCampbell-Sills L, Stein MB. Psychometric analysis and refinement of the Connor-davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC): Validation of a 10-item measure of resilience. J Trauma Stress. 2007 Dec;20(6):1019-28. doi: 10.1002/jts.20271. PMID 18157881
- RESULTHerth K. Abbreviated instrument to measure hope: development and psychometric evaluation. J Adv Nurs. 1992 Oct;17(10):1251-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb01843.x. PMID 1430629
- RESULTDiener E, Emmons RA, Larsen RJ, Griffin S. The Satisfaction With Life Scale. J Pers Assess. 1985 Feb;49(1):71-5. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13. PMID 16367493
- RESULTHulbert-Williams NJ, Leslie M, Hulbert-Williams L, Koczwara B, Watson EK, Hall PS, Ashley L, Coulson NS, Jackson R, Millington S; Finding My Way UK Trial Steering Group; Beatty L. The Finding My Way UK Clinical Trial: Adaptation Report and Protocol for a Replication Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial of a Web-Based Psychological Program to Support Cancer Survivors. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Sep 20;10(9):e31976. doi: 10.2196/31976. PMID 34542420
- RESULTBeatty L, Kemp E, Coll JR, Turner J, Butow P, Milne D, Yates P, Lambert S, Wootten A, Yip D, Koczwara B. Finding My Way: results of a multicentre RCT evaluating a web-based self-guided psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer. 2019 Jul;27(7):2533-2544. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4526-1. Epub 2018 Nov 9.