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

Cancer Clinical Trial

— BEACON  

Official title:

BEACON Study: Virtual Coping Skills Groups for Cancer Patients, Survivors and Their Caregivers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06353178
• Other study ID #: 20240314
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 8, 2024
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Color Health, Inc.
• Contact: Cecilia M Votta, PhD
• Email: cecilia.votta[@]color.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer
• Caregiver Burden
• Caregiver Burnout
• Survivorship

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cancer Connect Program
Online group peer program where participants learn evidence based skills for managing stressors and emotions related to their cancer experience.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Color Health	Burlingame	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Color Health, Inc.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of Life	Patients: EORTC Core Quality of Life (CLC-C30), Survivors: Quality of Life Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS), Caregivers: WHO Quality of Life Scale (WHO-QOL)	Multiple time points across 8 months (waitlist) or 5 months (intervention)