AI reads your social media to boost breast cancer mental health
NCT ID NCT07452055
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study tests whether an AI system that analyzes social media posts can improve quality of life for breast cancer patients. 440 women will either use the AI system plus usual care or just usual care for 6 months. The goal is to see if personalized emotional support reduces anxiety, depression, and symptom burden.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Large language model-based digital emotional management system (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a scalable, personalized way to improve emotional well-being and quality of life for breast cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no phase, and the intervention relies on smartphone and social media use, which may not suit all patients. The effect on hard outcomes like hospitalization is uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 440 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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Anyone
- 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: * Provision of written informed consent; * Aged 18 years or over; * Histopathologically confirmed primary breast cancer; * Ownership of a smartphone and ability to independently operate the intervention system; * Regular use (at least three times per week) of one or more third-party social media platforms (e.g., Weibo, Douyin, or Xiaohongshu); * Clear consciousness, basic reading and writing ability (equivalent to primary education or above), and adequate communication capacity; * An estimated life expectancy of six months or longer, as assessed by the treating physician. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with cognitive impairment or psychiatric disorders that substantially interfere with assessment or participation; * Pregnancy or lactation; * Presence of other malignant tumours, except for cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or severe organic disease (including cardiac, hepatic, or renal insufficiency); * Substance abuse (including alcohol or drug dependence) or current suicidal ideation; * Concurrent participation in other clinical trials or interventional studies that may interfere with outcome evaluation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Guangzhou, China
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