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In partnership with people with long-term conditions and industry stakeholders, we have co-designed an online peer support platform, CommonGround, to help people with long-term health conditions connect, support others, share experiences, and receive evidence-based information and advice on self-management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This feasibility randomized controlled trial will investigate whether the CommonGround platform is usable and acceptable for people with long-term physical health conditions experiencing mild depressive symptoms and whether conducting a future, larger confirmatory randomized controlled trial is feasible.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A mixed methods, 2-arm, parallel-group, unblinded randomized controlled feasibility trial will be conducted nationally across the United Kingdom. Participants will include 150 adults (aged \u226518 years) who have access to the internet and are living with at least one long-term physical health condition and subthreshold depression (scoring 5-9 on the Patient Health Questionnaire\u20138). Following baseline assessments, eligible participants will be randomized to a coproduced online peer support and psychoeducation platform or a control condition where participants will receive fortnightly emails containing links to the National Health Service mental health web pages. Assessment measures will be collected at baseline and the midintervention (6 weeks) and postintervention (12 weeks) time points. A purposive sample of approximately 40 participants will be interviewed after the intervention to evaluate participant experiences and views on acceptability. The primary feasibility outcome is the number of participants recruited to the trial per week and in total via each recruitment route (as self-reported by participants).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Recruitment for the feasibility trial began on February 12, 2024. Quantitative data collection was completed by October 23, 2024, and qualitative data collection was completed by December 3, 2024.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This trial will explore the acceptability and feasibility of our coproduced online peer support platform with embedded psychoeducational resources targeted for people living with long-term physical health conditions and subthreshold depression who are at risk of developing major depressive disorder. 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