AI app aims to ease chemo side effects for breast cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07273812
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests an Arabic-language AI mobile app designed to support women with breast cancer during chemotherapy. The app monitors symptoms, sends medication reminders, and provides educational content. Researchers will compare 130 women who use the app plus usual care to those who receive usual care alone, measuring changes in symptom burden, medication adherence, and quality of life over 12 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-based mobile application (AI Breast Cancer Support App)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this app could help women with breast cancer better manage chemotherapy side effects, take their medications on time, and feel more informed about their treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (130 participants) testing a support tool, not a treatment. The app is for education only and may not reduce symptoms or improve outcomes for everyone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer stages I, II, or III. * Patients must be currently scheduled to initiate their first-ever cycle of chemotherapy. * Age 18 years or older. * Ability to understand and provide informed consent. * Possession of a smartphone (Android or iOS) and functional digital literacy, defined as the ability to independently navigate mobile applications, read on-screen text in Arabic, and input daily health data. (for the intervention group). * Willingness to comply with study procedures and follow-up schedules. * Ability to communicate in Arabic, as the mobile application and chatbot will be developed in Arabic. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with Stage IV (Metastatic) breast cancer. * Patients receiving concurrent hormonal therapy during the chemotherapy phase, to isolate chemotherapy-induced adverse events. Patients with cognitive impairment or severe psychiatric disorders that would preclude effective interaction with the mobile application or questionnaire completion. * Patients receiving palliative care where symptom management is the sole focus and active chemotherapy is not being administered with curative or life prolonging intent. * Patients participating in other interventional clinical trials that might confound the outcomes of this study. * Patients with severe comorbidities that could significantly impact their ability to participate or bias outcome measures.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Oncology Teaching Hospital-Medical City- Baghdad
RECRUITINGBaghdad, Iraq
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