App aims to ease cancer treatment for minorities
NCT ID NCT05812274
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mobile app called Apricity CARE to help ethnic and racial minority patients with non-small cell lung cancer report side effects from immunotherapy. The goal was to reduce treatment delays and hospital visits. The study was stopped early, but it aimed to improve how patients and doctors manage treatment side effects.
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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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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
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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: * Age≥ 18 years * Confirmed NSCLC diagnosis * Prescribed treatment with immune-checkpoint inhibitor, including in combination with chemotherapy * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document * Self-identification as a member of an ethnic minority or underserved population. Exclusion Criteria: * An individual with presence of any medical, psychological, or social condition that, in the opinion of the investigator would preclude participation in this study. * Patients enrolled in other interventional clinical trials at the time of screening will be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Montefiore Health Center
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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NYU Medical Center
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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