Feasibility Study of a Sports-Inspired Onco-Coaching Progranm for Young Adults i Cancer Remission (rebond-jas)

October 1, 2026 updated by: Institut Paoli-Calmettes

REBOND JAS: Feasibility Study of a Sport-Inspired Onco-Coaching Program for Young Adults in Cancer Remission: Rebond-JAs-IPC 2025-017

This is a single-center, non-randomized feasibility study. For this study, 19 young adults treated for cancer at the Paoli-Calmettes Institute will be included.This study includes interviews and questionnaires to assess the adherence rate. It will be measured by the percentage of patients who attend the first two coaching sessions (either in person or via videoconference) relative to the total number of patients included in the study.

The invitation to participate in this program will be made by the surgeon, hematologist, oncologist, or radiation therapist.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

The first coaching session must take place within one month following inclusion. Coaching sessions will involve all patients enrolled in the study.

Coaching sessions with the coach will be offered as monthly individual interviews over a period ranging from 2 to 6 months. The frequency of sessions will be co-determined by the coach and the participant, depending on the participant's needs. The coach will aim to schedule sessions with at least one month between them. Therefore, patients will have a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6 onco-coaching sessions.

Sessions will be held at the Faculty of Sports Sciences, in a dedicated office. The first session must be conducted in person. Subsequent sessions may be conducted remotely (by phone or videoconference), depending on patient preferences. This option is supported by findings from recent studies (McCann et al., 2019; Mostafa et al., 2025; Zhong et al., 2025).

During sessions, the coach uses standard motivational interviewing techniques (Miller, 1983). Through the use of open-ended questions, active and reflective listening, positive reinforcement and validation techniques, as well as regular reformulation of what is expressed, the coach reveals contradictions and ambivalence, defuses resistance, and promotes self-determined strategies for change (Miller and Rollnick, 2002).

From the first session, the coach works with each participant to define personalized goals and a strategy to achieve them, including identifying available resources. Each session should last between 45 minutes and 1 hour.Questionnaires:

QEEC-AYAs: A tool designed to measure the psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults during and after treatment. Developed by Justafré et al. (2023), it includes 48 items divided into 7 dimensions: information (8 items), care team (6 items), physical health (4 items), emotional health (14 items), sexual and reproductive health (6 items), health behaviors and well-being (4 items), and daily life (6 items). The questionnaire demonstrates strong psychometric properties, with Cronbach's alpha values above 0.80.

Interviews:

These semi-structured interviews will be conducted to analyze the impact of the intervention on patients and to better understand the underlying processes. They will be carried out by researchers specialized in social psychology and quantitative data analysis, using a semi-structured adaptive interview guide. Each interview will last between 30 minutes and 1 hour.

The first semi-structured interview will be conducted in a room at the Faculty of Sports Sciences by at least two researchers. The second interview may be conducted either remotely or in person at the Faculty of Sports Sciences.

All interviews must be recorded using a voice recorder, then pseudonymized (only the study ID number) and transferred to the secure server of the Management Sport Cancer laboratory. The recordings must then be deleted from the voice recorder.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

19

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Male or female aged 18 to 25 at the time of cancer diagnosis and/or at the time of inclusion.In complete remission, within one year following the end of treatment and at the time of inclusion

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female aged 18 to 25 at the time of cancer diagnosis and/or at the time of inclusion.
  • In complete remission, within one year following the end of treatment and at the time of inclusion.
  • Treated at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Institut Paoli-Calmettes.
  • Able to speak and write in French.
  • Has not objected to participation in the study.
  • Affiliated with a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme.

Non -Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient undergoing treatment, except for maintenance therapy.
  • Patient experiencing a relapse.
  • Person in an emergency situation, legally protected adult (under guardianship, curatorship, or judicial protection), or unable to express non-opposition.
  • Patient with clinically confirmed psychological symptoms (e.g., receiving antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anxiolytics, etc.).
  • Inability to comply with study follow-up due to geographic, social, or psychological reasons.

Exclusion Criteria:

Relapse occurring between inclusion and the second onco-coaching session.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: OTHER
  • Time Perspectives: PROSPECTIVE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The primary objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of a sport-inspired onco-coaching program by evaluating the participation rate of young adults in the first two coaching sessions.
Time Frame: 2 years

The primary evaluation criterion of the study will be the adherence rate to the onco-coaching program.

It will be measured by the percentage of patients who attend the first two coaching sessions (either in person or via videoconference) relative to the total number of patients enrolled in the study.

The invitation to participate in the program will be made by the surgeon, hematologist, oncologist, or radiation therapist.
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To identify the success and failure factors of the extrahospital support program through qualitative interviews.
Time Frame: 2 years

Assessment of participants' satisfaction with the program through semi-structured interviews
2 years
To evaluate overall adherence to the onco-coaching program
Time Frame: 2 years

Compliance with the onco-coaching program, measured empirically across all scheduled visits by assigning equal weight to all participants, regardless of the number of visits planned.
2 years
To collect and characterize the reasons why patients decline to participate in the study
Time Frame: 2 years

Number of refusals to sign the informed consent form.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Institut Paoli-Calmettes

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 3, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 3, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 3, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 25, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 1, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

October 6, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 6, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 1, 2026

Last Verified

October 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Rebond-JAs-IPC 2025-017

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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