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Can a chat app help stoma patients take better care of themselves?

NCT ID NCT06855082

Symptom relief Sponsor: HSIN LING CHEN Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 16, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers are studying whether a stoma self-care app, accessed through the LINE messaging platform, can help people with an enterostomy improve their self-care and quality of life. The study enrolls 50 adults who have a colostomy and can use a smartphone. It combines two models of technology use to see what makes patients willing to use the app and how that affects their daily stoma care.

What this could mean

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Active substance
a stoma self-care app delivered through the LINE messaging platform
What this could lead to
If the app helps, it could give enterostomy patients an easy, phone-based way to manage their stoma care and feel better day to day.
What could go wrong
This is a small study of 50 people in one setting, so the results may not apply broadly. An app cannot replace hands-on training or medical care, and some patients may not use it consistently.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

50 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2025

Finished

Feb 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

20 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with colorectal cancer or intestinal obstruction or abdominal trauma, those who have received colostomy during this hospitalization * Conscious, can communicate in Mandarin or Minnan dialect * Have no communication, vision, or hearing impairments, * Have smartphones Exclusion Criteria: * Those who are unable to cooperate due to visual, hearing, cognitive or mental impairments * Patients who need colostomy surgery due to non-colorectal cancer, intestinal obstruction, or abdominal trauma * Patients diagnosed by a physician as having surgery-related complications and requiring further surgery, such as infection, intestinal Perforation, stoma prolapse, stenosis, necrosis, bleeding, etc. (IV) Those who are unable to learn self-care on the day before discharge due to worsening of their illness.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

colorectal cancer intestinal obstruction

As listed by the trial registrant

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Enterostomy

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • MacKay Memorial Hospital

    Taipei, 104, Taiwan

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