Finding My Way-UK: Promoting Positive Psychological Outcomes in People Living With and Beyond Curatively Treated Cancer

NCT07356726 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: ETH2425-0268
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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. 1.Is Finding My Way-UK feasible and acceptable for individuals living with and beyond curatively treated cancer?
2. 2.Are there preliminary signals of efficacy in benefit finding and other well-being outcomes (hope, resilience, and subjective well-being)?
3. 3.What is the potential role of information-seeking styles and self-management self-efficacy?
4. 4.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.
5. 5.Control group: receive a digital information pack listing national psychological support resources.

Conditions

Cancer Survivorship; Cancer; Neoplasms

Keywords

Cancer Survivorship; Benefit Finding; Psychosocial Intervention; Acceptability; Feasibility; Pilot Randomised Trial; Resilience; Hope; Subjective Well-Being; Curatively Treated; Online Intervention; Psycho-Oncology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Recruitment Rate

  The feasibility of recruitment will be assessed by the number of participants enrolled in the study per month.

  From enrolment of the first participant until the recruitment target is reached (up to 6 months)

• Intervention Adherence: Modules Accessed

  The level of engagement with the Finding My Way-UK program, defined as the number of intervention modules accessed (opened) by each participant on the Finding My Way-UK platform.

  At post-intervention (week 4)

• Intervention Adherence: Modules Completed

  The number of intervention modules completed by each participant on the Finding My Way-UK platform.

  At post-intervention (week 4)

• Retention Rate at Post-Intervention

  Assessed by the percentage of participants who complete the post-intervention outcome assessment.

  At post-intervention (week 4)

• Retention Rate at 3-Month Follow-Up

  The percentage of participants who complete the 3-month post-intervention outcome assessment.

  At 3 months post-intervention

• Qualitative Acceptability of the Intervention

  At baseline, participants will be asked an open-ended question about their expectations for the intervention, specifically what they hope will change or improve. At follow-up, participants will provide free-text responses describing any unexpected changes or impacts. Free-text responses will be subjected to basic thematic analysis to identify common themes relating to participant experience and acceptability.

  At post-intervention (week 4)

• Quantitative Acceptability of the Intervention

  At baseline, participants will be asked an open-ended question about their expectations for the intervention, specifically what they hope will change or improve. At follow-up, participants rate the extent to which the intervention met these expectations on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 10 (completely). Higher scores indicate greater acceptability.

  At post-intervention (week 4)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change from Baseline in Benefit Finding Score

  Baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention (week 4), and 3 months post-intervention

• Change from Baseline in Satisfaction with Life

  Baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention (week 4), and 3 months post-intervention

• Change from Baseline in Hope

  Baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention (week 4), and 3 months post-intervention

• Change from Baseline in Resilience

  Baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention (week 4), and 3 months post-intervention

Other Outcomes (2)

• Change from Baseline in Self-Management Self-Efficacy

  Baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention (week 4), and 3 months post-intervention

• Information-Seeking Style

  At baseline (pre-intervention)

Study Arms (2)

Finding My Way-UK Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: Finding My Way-UK

Control - Information Pack

OTHER

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.

Other: Treatment-As-Usual Control

Interventions

Finding My Way-UK BEHAVIORAL

Self-guided, web-based psychosocial intervention integrating cognitive-behavioural, psychoeducational, and mindfulness-based strategies to support people living with and beyond curatively treated cancer. Six modules delivered online; participants complete flexibly over four weeks.

Also known as: FMW-UK

Finding My Way-UK Intervention

Treatment-As-Usual Control OTHER

Digital information pack (PDF) signposting to existing UK cancer-support organisations and psychological resources. Distributed by email; no structured therapeutic program or study-specific content.

Also known as: Information Pack Control

Control - Information Pack

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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).

You may not qualify if:

• 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).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Edge Hill University: lead
• Flinders University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Edge Hill University - Department of Psychology

Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4QP, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (10)

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  PMID: 30685191 RESULT

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  PMID: 11769298 RESULT

• Campbell-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 RESULT

• Herth 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 RESULT

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  PMID: 16367493 RESULT

• Hulbert-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 RESULT

• Beatty 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.

  PMID: 30411239 RESULT

• Beatty L, Koczwara B, Wade T. Evaluating the efficacy of a self-guided Web-based CBT intervention for reducing cancer-distress: a randomised controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2016 Mar;24(3):1043-51. doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-2867-6. Epub 2015 Aug 7.

  PMID: 26248651 RESULT

• Beatty L, Kemp E, Wade T, Koczwara B; Finding My Way study investigators. Finding My Way: protocol of a randomised controlled trial evaluating an internet self-help program for cancer-related distress. BMC Cancer. 2015 Apr 30;15:328. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1322-x.

  PMID: 25924674 RESULT

• Antoni MH, Lehman JM, Kilbourn KM, Boyers AE, Culver JL, Alferi SM, Yount SE, McGregor BA, Arena PL, Harris SD, Price AA, Carver CS. Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention decreases the prevalence of depression and enhances benefit finding among women under treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Health Psychol. 2001 Jan;20(1):20-32. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.20.1.20.

  PMID: 11199062 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Study Officials

• Kian Hughes, PhD Candidate

  Edge Hill University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Kian Hughes, PhD Candidate

CONTACT

+44 01695 584508; hugheski@edgehill.ac.uk

Nicholas J Hulbert-Williams, PhD

CONTACT

+44 01695 584508

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participants will be randomised 1:1 to the Finding My Way-UK intervention or a treatment-as-usual control group, with both arms running concurrently.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 8, 2025
• First Posted: January 21, 2026
• Study Start: January 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Last Updated: January 21, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Locations

GB (1)