New app aims to ease cancer Survivors' pain without pills

NCT ID NCT07332377

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study is testing a mobile health app designed to help cancer survivors manage pain and other symptoms after treatment. Twenty-five survivors who have finished cancer treatment but still have pain will use the app for one week, receiving helpful messages and completing daily diaries. The main goal is to see if the app is easy to use and acceptable, with a secondary look at whether it improves pain self-management and quality of life.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: mobile health app with educational messages and daily diaries
What this could lead to: If successful, this app could provide a simple, accessible tool for cancer survivors to better manage pain and symptoms on their own.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 25 participants and no control group. The app may not prove effective in larger trials.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

agnosia Alzheimer disease cancer Pain

As listed by the trial registrant

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

CANCER SURVIVORSHIP PAIN PAIN MANAGEMENT SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT SYMPTOM MONITORING

Contacts and locations

Locations

Virginia Commonwealth University
RECRUITING

Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

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