Virtual Testis Cancer Lay Support and Survivorship Aim 2
Key facts
- Who runs it
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Where
- Chapel Hill, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 360 people, planned
- Starts
- Dec 2026
- Expected to end
- Jun 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Virtual support
- Patient educational material
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 95 years
- Sex
- Men only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Men within 5 years of their initial diagnosis of germ cell testicular cancer
- The subject is willing and able to comply with study procedures based on the judgment of the investigator
- Adults aged 18-95 years old
- Electronic informed consent was obtained to participate in the study
Who cannot take part
- Actively receiving chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery for testicular cancer
- On active treatment for another cancer
- Woman gender
- Non-English speaking
- Unwilling or unable to complete informed consent
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 95 years old?
Where in United States
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel Hill, United StatesContact: Deborah M UsingerNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study examines how virtual support can enhance well-being and survivorship in men with testicular cancer. Participants in North Carolina will be randomized into two groups: one with access to a virtual support platform and the other with access to patient educational materials only. After six months, the emotional well-being, self-efficacy, financial toxicity, and quality of life of both groups will be compared at 3 months and 6 months after baseline assessments.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Virtual supportTreatment being tested
Participants will have access to the virtual support platform.
- Patient educational materialOther group
Participants will have access to patient educational material only.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Virtual Testicular Cancer Lay Support and Survivorship (VITALSS Study) Aim 2
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06702592, who can take part
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026