Can a phone app reverse frailty? new study recruits 40 seniors

NCT ID NCT06891573

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: Seong Hye Choi, MD Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a smartphone app called SUPERAGING in 40 frail or pre-frail adults aged 60-90. For 16 weeks, the app provides personalized exercise, brain games, nutrition tips, and disease management. The main goal is to see if people will stick with the app and find it safe, not yet to prove it improves frailty.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: SUPERAGING smartphone app (behavioral intervention: exercise, cognitive training, nutrition education, disease education)
What this could lead to: If successful, this app could offer a convenient way to help frail older adults improve their strength, thinking, and overall health at home.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 40 participants. It focuses on whether people will use the app, not on proving it works. Results may not apply to everyone.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Frailty

As listed by the trial registrant

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

FRAILTY

Contacts and locations

Locations

Ajou University Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Suwon, South Korea
Ewha Womans University Seoul hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Seoul, South Korea
Inha University Hospital
RECRUITING

Incheon, 22332, South Korea

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