Can a smartphone app ease sickle cell pain and help you sleep?

NCT ID NCT07402811

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether a smartphone-based mindfulness program is practical and liked by teens and young adults (ages 15-39) with sickle cell disease who have chronic pain or sleep problems. Participants use a guided meditation app for about 8 weeks. The goal is to see if people stick with it and find it helpful, not yet to prove it works.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: mindfulness-based mobile intervention (smartphone app with guided meditation and exercises)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to help young people with sickle cell disease cope with chronic pain and sleep issues at home.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 20 participants. It is not designed to prove the intervention works, only whether people will use it and find it acceptable.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

agnosia Chronic Pain chronic pain syndrome Parasomnias sickle cell disease sleep disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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

CHRONIC PAIN SICKLE CELL DISEASE SLEEP DISTURBANCE

Contacts and locations

Locations

University of Illinois Chicago
RECRUITING

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

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