Can a smartphone app ease the burden on bone marrow transplant caregivers?
NCT ID NCT05709912
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a mobile app called CARE designed to support caregivers of people receiving a bone marrow transplant. The goal is to see if using the app improves the caregiver's quality of life and reduces stress. About 120 adult caregivers will participate, and their well-being will be measured through questionnaires.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- 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.
Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Adult caregivers (\>18 years) who is a relative or friend who live with the patient or is a designated caregiver as indicated during the transplant process. * Caregiver of a patient receiving allogeneic or autologous HCT for the treatment of cancer * Ability to comprehend and speak English as the CARE app is only available in English Patient Exclusion Criteria: * Caregivers of patients undergoing HCT for benign hematologic conditions * Caregivers with acute or unstable psychiatric or cognitive conditions which the treating clinicians believes prohibits informed consent or compliance with study procedures
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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