Can a phone app improve life for dialysis patients?
NCT ID NCT07291154
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a smartphone app (Yueya mini-program and WeChat) can help people with end-stage renal disease who are on maintenance hemodialysis. The app provides personalized guidance on diet, exercise, medications, and health monitoring. Researchers will compare outcomes like quality of life, hospitalizations, and death rates between app users and those receiving standard care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Smartphone app (Yueya mini-program and WeChat) for personalized health guidance
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help dialysis patients manage their health better and improve their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. The app may not lead to meaningful improvements, and results may not apply to all dialysis patients.
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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 392 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- 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 to 75 years
- 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: * Patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, who have received maintenance hemodialysis for more than 3 months, are aged between 18 and 75 years old, and have regular dialysis three times a week. * Patients with relatively stable condition, who are able to take care of themselves and willing to cooperate with the study. * Patients who can understand and proficiently use WeChat and the "Yueya" mini - program used in this study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with communication barriers or other conditions that prevent them from cooperating with the study. * Patients who have a history of acute myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction or intracerebral hemorrhage in the past six months. * Patients who are not willing to actively cooperate with the study. * Patients with severe liver cirrhosis, active tuberculosis and AIDS.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400016, China
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