NCT06702371

Digital Body Mindset Intervention for Young Cancer Survivors

EMBody ('Exploring Mindsets About the Body'): Harnessing Adaptive Body Mindsets to Improve Outcomes in Childhood & AYA Cancer Survivors

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (estimated)
• Sponsor: King's College London · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess whether a digital body mindset intervention - EMBody - can instil adaptive mindsets and improve health and wellbeing in young cancer survivors aged 16-25.

Detailed description

EMBody (Exploring Mindsets about the Body) is a brief digital intervention comprising documentary-style films and reflection activities which aim to instil adaptive mindsets in young people who have previously completed cancer treatment. EMBody was co-created with young cancer survivors, paediatric oncologists with decades of clinical experience, and documentary filmmakers. EMBody comprises three modules which include seven short films and accompanying reflection activities. The films feature young cancer survivors sharing their challenges of life after cancer and how their mindsets have supported them through these challenges. The films also feature oncology clinicians sharing their experience of the importance of mindsets in life after cancer, and psychological scientists who share information about what mindsets are and how they can be harnessed. The main objective of the study is to assess whether a digital body mindset intervention (EMBody) can instil adaptive mindsets and improve health and wellbeing in young cancer survivors aged 16-25 years. Researchers will compare the EMBody digital intervention with a waitlist attention control group to see if EMBody can instil adaptive mindsets and improve indicators of health and wellbeing in comparison to being enrolled in a study and completing study measures alone.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindset Intervention	The EMBody intervention contains seven short documentary-style films and paired reflection activities across three modules. Module 1: Introducing Mindsets (Film 1: A New normal; Film 2: What is a Mindset?; Film 3: Your Body is Capable; Film 4: How to Choose Your Mindset). Module 2: Challenges and Setbacks (Film 5: Living with Uncertainty; Film 6: The Long and Winding Road). Module 3: Looking to the Future (Film 7: Opportunities Emerge).

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-29
• Primary completion: 2026-02-01
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2024-11-22
• Last updated: 2025-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom