Can an AI coach and simple exercises help cancer patients fight frailty?
NCT ID NCT07732543
First seen Jul 29, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a nurse-led program combining an AI chatbot and home-based exercises can help advanced gastric cancer patients on immunotherapy feel less frail and have a better quality of life. Participants use the chatbot to report side effects and get personalized advice, and follow a tailored exercise plan for 12 weeks. The study compares this group to those receiving usual care to see if the program reduces frailty, boosts self-confidence, and improves overall well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI chatbot-guided symptom management education and home-based exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a practical, non-drug way to help advanced gastric cancer patients stay stronger and feel better during immunotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial. The intervention requires active participation, and results may not apply to all patients or settings.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
About 110 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
-
Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
-
Jul 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. age ≥18 years 2. diagnosed as AGC (TNM: T2\~T4, N\>0, Any M, Stage: III\~IV, or unresectable GC) 3. scheduled to receive the first cycle of immunotherapy 4. willingness to provide written informed consent after receiving a full explanation of the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. a diagnosis of another type of cancer within the past five years 2. inability to communicate clearly 3. a diagnosis of dementia 4. acute pulmonary embolism 5. acute myocardial infarction 6. extremity bone fracture within the past three months 7. bone metastasis
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Gastric cancer (GC) are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- New Antibody-Drug conjugate put to the test against Hard-to-Treat cancers
- Can precision radiation and immunotherapy team up against abdominal colorectal cancer?
- Alpha radiation targets tumors in new cancer trial
- Can a guided missile for chemo hit tumors harder and spare healthy tissue?
- Can a Three-Dose immunotherapy cure early lung cancer without surgery?
- AI doctors in training: can a computer learn to diagnose stomach and heart diseases?