Can a phone app ease stress for childhood cancer survivors?

NCT ID NCT06053268

Ongoing Symptom relief Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study looks at whether a daily mindfulness app called Headspace can help adults who survived childhood cancer cope with stress. Fifty survivors will use the app for 30 days and wear a wrist device to track stress signs. The main goal is to see if people find the app acceptable and easy to use, not yet to prove it reduces stress.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Headspace mobile mindfulness app
What this could lead to: If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help childhood cancer survivors manage stress and improve their health.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 50 participants. It is not designed to prove the app reduces stress, only that people will use it and that data collection methods work.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

childhood malignant neoplasm leukemia lymphoma neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

CHILDHOOD CANCER LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA

Contacts and locations

Locations

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

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