Clinical trial · Interventional
Brief Meaning-making for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Brief Meaning-making Program for Young Adult Cancer Survivors (YACS): An Open-label Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 26, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260926-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this feasibility study is to learn if a brief meaning-making wellness intervention based on Viktor Frankl's Existential Psychology works to improve fatigue levels in Young Adult Cancer Survivors (YACS) who have completed primary treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What would be the recruitment and retention rates? * What might the feedback from participants be? * Could there be any effects on fatigue and other related symptoms? Researchers will compare meaning-making to usual care (no intervention) to see if meaning-making works to improve fatigue and other symptoms in YACS. Participants will: * Complete questionnaires (self-reported outcome measures) at baseline, 1-week post-intervention, and at 1-month follow-up. * Attend an in-person, two-session brief meaning-making program
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cancer Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Wellness Program | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meaning-making | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Meaning-making
- description
- Subjects randomized to this experimental arm will receive the Intervention
- interventionNames
- Other: Meaning-making
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Subjects randomized to this Control Group will not receive any Intervention.
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Fatigue
- timeFrame
- Baseline
- description
- The Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) is used for assessing Fatigue levels. Scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater severity of Fatigue.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 39 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Cancer survivors currently aged 18-39, including who are currently either cancer-free, in remission, or receiving maintenance therapy. * Having completed primary cancer treatment for at least about 2 months. * Able to speak, read, and comprehend Cantonese, and able to comprehend English. * Ambulatory * No auditory, visual or language or reading disabilities (e.g. aphasia, deafness) * Able to complete online questionnaires. * Able to use laptop. * Willing to accept randomization. Exclusion Criteria: * Current severe or untreated psychiatric disorder that would preclude participation in class activities. * Displaying any psychotic symptoms which would hinder class participation. * Having physical, sensory disabilities or cognitive impairment that would preclude face-to-face class. attendance and group-based interaction. * Unwilling to accept randomization. * Currently receiving any type of psychotherapy * Having received any Franklian existential psychology-related interventions, Logotherapy or Meaning-centred Psychotherapy before. Remark: Some inclusion and exclusion criteria are purposely omitted at this time to preserve scientific integrity. They will be included after the trial is complete.
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