Can a smartphone app ease cancer fatigue? new trial aims to find out.
NCT ID NCT06505590
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests three digital support programs for cancer-related fatigue. 372 adults with cancer who have moderate to severe fatigue will use a mobile app with educational content, and some will also get a self-management program based on cognitive behavioural therapy, either self-guided or with a psychologist. The goal is to see which approach best reduces fatigue burden.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile app with educational content and optional self-management program based on cognitive behavioural therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an effective, accessible digital tool to help cancer patients manage fatigue without extra clinic visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial testing different app features, so the best approach may not prove clearly better than basic education. Fatigue is subjective and results may vary.
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Study facts
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- 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 372 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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Nov 2027
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.
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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: * Age 18 years and older. * Having a clinical diagnosis of cancer including patients on active treatment or cancer survivors. * Self-reporting moderate to severe CRF for at least one week (worst level of fatigue ≥ 4 on a 10-point numerical rating scale, retained in international guidelines as an optimal cutoff for identifying clinically significant CRF). * Being able to read and understand French. * Having access to a smartphone. * Patients must be affiliated to a social security system or beneficiary of the same. Exclusion Criteria: * Suffering from current psychiatric disorder or cognitive disorder that would interfere with the ability to consent or participate. * Currently engaging in cognitive-behavioral therapy. * Currently engaging in another non-drug (behavioral) clinical trial. * Suffering from physical related reversible and treatable causes of fatigue (anemia, electrolytes unbalance, infections, renal dysfunction, active metastases causing fatigue, hormonal unbalances (hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, etc.) - according to physician's judgement at the moment of inclusion.
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Locations
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Gustave Roussy
RECRUITINGVillejuif, 94805, France
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