Keep Social Randomized Controlled Trial for Young Adults With Cancer

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Study ID
NCT07788339
Status
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Conditions

  • Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
22 Years - 39 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Social connectedness intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants view a brief psychoeducational video about the value of connecting in-person with others and receive guided instructions for creating if-then behavioral plans for increasing moments of high-quality social connection. Over the next four weeks, they view messages to encourage in-person connections with strangers and acquaintances on our simulated social media platform called Invibe. During the 4-week intervention phase with Invibe (weeks 3-6), participants will view the Invibe simulated social media feed in each survey. Participant exposure to each intervention message will be both passive, via that day's feed, and forced, via inclusion on the following pages of that survey. Participants will see 12 intervention messages during this 4-week phase, each shown within the first five posts of the Invibe feed.

Study Details

The main purpose of this Keep Social randomized controlled trial is to examine the effectiveness of our social connectedness intervention to improve social and emotional well-being among young adults with cancer. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial with a sample of up to 395 US young adults (ages 22-39) who previous had a cancer diagnosis as an adolescent or young adult (diagnosed at age 15-39).

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 26, 2026
Start date
Sep 14, 2026
Status verified
Aug 2026
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2027
Completion
Mar 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
395 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Experimental: Social connectedness intervention
    See intervention description.
  • No Intervention: Control
    To rule out placebo and nonspecific effects, the Keep Social RCT engenders positive expectations in all participants by promoting the use of Invibe to build and maintain social ties, a framing that mirrors information-as-usual for well-being through social media connections. Those in the placebo control condition receive no further social connectedness education (view no psychoeducational video, no if/then plan) and encounter all background content on Invibe (all intervention messages excluded) with control posts that feature unrelated content.

Primary Outcome Measure

Social well-being [ Time Frame: Up to 7 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina27599
Mirian Avendano-Galdamez, BA
[email protected]
984-974-0000
Allison Lazard, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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