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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019

Finding My Way: results of a multicentre RCT evaluating a web-based self-guided psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed cancer survivors.

Lisa Beatty, Emma Kemp, Joseph R Coll, Jane Turner, Phyllis Butow, Donna Milne, Patsy Yates, Sylvie Lambert, Addie Wootten, Desmond Yip and 1 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07356726 (Finding My Way-UK), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07356726 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

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

TypeinterventionalSponsorEdge Hill UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled60ConditionsCancer Survivorship, Cancer, NeoplasmsArmsFinding My Way-UK, Treatment-As-Usual Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A qualitative exploration of factors that influence engagement with a digital mental health intervention for women with metastatic breast cancer: Finding My Way-Advanced.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  6. Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a self-directed online psychosocial intervention for women with metastatic breast cancer: Finding My Way-Advanced.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  9. CaringGuidance™ after breast cancer diagnosis eHealth psychoeducational intervention to reduce early post-diagnosis distress.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  11. Medical and psychosocial symptom clusters and their temporal patterns in people with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  20. Moderators of intervention efficacy for Finding My Way: A web-based psychosocial intervention for cancer-related distress.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Lisa BeattyFlinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia. lisa.beatty@flinders.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8847-8452
Emma KempFlinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia.
Joseph R CollFlinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia.
Jane TurnerMental Health Centre, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia.
Phyllis ButowUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Donna MilnePeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Patsy YatesQueensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Sylvie LambertIngram School of Nursing, McGill University, Wilson Hall, 3506 University Street, Montreal, H3A 2A7, Canada.
Addie WoottenSmiling Mind, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia.
Desmond YipDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
Bogda KoczwaraFlinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia.
Flinders University · AUAustralian National University · AUMcGill University · CAMind Australia · AUPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUQueensland University of Technology · AUThe University of Queensland · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council 1042942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis multicentre randomised controlled trial examined the efficacy of Finding My Way (FMW), a 6-week/6-module online self-guided psychotherapeutic intervention for newly diagnosed curatively treated cancer survivors, in reducing cancer-related distress and improving quality of life compared to an online attention control.

methodsParticipants were randomised on a 1:1 ratio using a gender-stratified block design to intervention (n = 94) or attention control (n = 97), and were blinded to condition. Assessments were completed at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), 3 months (T2), and 6 months (T3) post-intervention. Mixed model repeated measures analyses examined differences between groups for cancer-specific distress (primary outcome) and general distress, quality of life (QoL), coping, and health service utilisation (secondary outcomes).

resultsWhile both groups reported reduced cancer-specific and general distress over time, between-group differences were not significant. Intervention participants reported lower total health service utilisation and supportive care utilisation post-intervention than controls (total HS use: between-group mean difference = - 1.07 (- 1.85 to - 0.28); supportive care use: between-group mean difference = - 0.64 (- 1.21 to - 0.06)) and significantly higher emotional functioning at 3 months (between-group mean difference = 7.04 (0.15 to 13.9)). At 6 months, the supportive care utilisation finding reversed (between-group mean difference = 0.78 points (0.19 to 1.37). Across remaining QoL and coping outcomes, no significant group differences emerged.

conclusionsWhile both groups experienced reductions in distress, between-group differences were not significant. This contrasts with the significantly improved emotional functioning observed in FMW participants at 3 months and the short-term reductions in health service utilisation. Long-term increases in supportive care service utilisation suggest FMW only met needs while being actively used.

trial registrationACTRN12613000001796;  http://www.ANZCTR.org.au/ACTRN12613000001796.aspx.

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Cancer SurvivorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsQuality of LifeAcute survivorshipCBTDistressInternet interventionRCTSelf-guided

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PMID30411239
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