Can a smartphone app ease sickle cell pain and help you sleep?
NCT ID NCT07402811
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
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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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University of Illinois Chicago
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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