The Effect of a Stepped-care Metacognition-based Intervention on Managing Fear of Cancer Recurrence
The Effect of a Stepped-care Metacognition-based Intervention on Managing Fear of Cancer Recurrence: Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Controlled Trial (SMARTs)
The University of Hong Kong
300 participants
Feb 11, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
A sequential multiple-assignment randomized controlled trial (SMART) will be used to assess the effect of an adaptive stepped-care intervention on FCR in cancer survivors with subclinical levels of fear of cancer recurrence.
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Interventions
The key goals of this e-intervention are to: (i) teach strategies for controlling worry and excessive threat monitoring; (ii) modify underlying unhelpful MCQ beliefs about worry; (iii) develop appropriate monitoring and screening behaviours, (iv) encourage acceptance of the uncertainty brought about by a cancer diagnosis, and (v) clarify values and encourage engagement in values-based goal setting.
eHealthMaintenance is not developed specifically to target fear of cancer recurrence through modifying participants' cognitive beliefs. Participants in this arm will receive 6 videos about relaxation, generic dietary and exercise knowledge.
ConquerFear is an intensive version of eConquerFear, which consists of 6 face-to-face therapist-led sessions.
Group-delivered ConquerFear-HK is a manualized six-session intervention over 10 weeks. The key goals of the intervention are identical to the individual-based ConquerFear manualized intervention.
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NCT06181331