Can a smartphone app ease cancer treatment side effects?
NCT ID NCT05694013
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a digital health app (Roche DPM Module) helps cancer patients manage symptoms and reduce healthcare visits while on systemic treatment. About 49 participants used the app alongside standard care. The trial was terminated early, so results are limited.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Roche DPM Module (a digital health app)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that digital tools help cancer patients better manage symptoms and reduce unnecessary hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 49 participants, so results are limited. The digital tool may not work for everyone or may be hard to use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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49 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: All Participants * Email address, access to an internet-capable device (smartphone, tablet, or PC), and access to an internet connection Inclusion Criteria: Cohort A * Histologically confirmed diagnosis for mNSCLC, ES-SCLC, or HCC (Child Pugh A) * Systemic therapy naive * Prescribed an atezolizumab IV regimen * Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2 Inclusion Criteria: Cohort B * Complete resection of a histologically or cytologically confirmed Stage IIB-IIIB (T3-N2) NSCLC * PD-L1 positive * Have completed adjuvant chemotherapy at least 4 weeks and up to 12 weeks prior to randomization and must be adequately recovered from chemotherapy treatment * ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1 * Adequate hematologic and end-organ function * For participants receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: stable anticoagulant regimen * Negative for hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) Exclusion Criteria: All Participants * Any physical or cognitive condition that would prevent the participant from using the DHS * Participants not proficient with any of the available DHS language translations or with psychiatric/neurologic disorders or any condition that may impact the participant's ability to use the DPM solution * Currently participating in another interventional trial * History of malignancy within 5 years prior to initiation of study treatment, with the exception of the cancer under investigation in this study and malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death Exclusion Criteria: Cohort A * Concomitant anti-cancer therapy at the time of starting atezolizumab (IV) regimen on the index date which is not part of a locally approved combination therapy with atezolizumab * Participants not receiving atezolizumab, but an atezolizumab biosimilar or non-comparable biologic * Participants currently using another DPM or ePRO solution for symptom management and/or reporting Exclusion Criteria: Cohort B * Participants known to have a sensitizing mutation in the EGFR gene or an ALK fusion oncogene * Uncontrolled tumor-related pain * Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or ascites requiring recurrent drainage procedures (once monthly or more frequently) * History of leptomeningeal disease * Uncontrolled or symptomatic hypercalcemia * Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency * History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia (e.g., bronchiolitis obliterans), drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan * Active tuberculosis * Significant cardiovascular disease * Major surgical procedure, other than for diagnosis, within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the study * Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia, or any active infection that could impact participant safety * Treatment with therapeutic oral or IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment * Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation * Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for such a vaccine during atezolizumab treatment or within 5 months after the final dose of atezolizumab * Current treatment with anti-viral therapy for HBV * Treatment with investigational therapy within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment * Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies, including anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic antibodies * Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferon and IL-2) within 4 weeks or 5 drug elimination half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to initiation of study treatment * Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication (including, but not limited to, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-tumor necrosis factor-α \[TNF-α\] agents) within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment, or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medication during study treatment * History of severe allergic anaphylactic reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins * Known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or to any component of the atezolizumab formulation * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Known allergy or hypersensitivity to hyaluronidase, bee or vespid venom, or any other ingredient in the formulation of rHuPH20 * Pathology (e.g., lower extremity edema, cellulitis, lymphatic disorder or prior surgery, preexisting pain syndrome, previous lymph node dissection, etc.) that could interfere with any protocol-specified outcome assessment * Spinal cord compression not definitively treated with surgery and/or radiation, or previously diagnosed and treated spinal cord compression without evidence that disease has been clinically stable for ≥ 2 weeks prior to randomization * Participants currently using another DPM or ePRO solution for symptom management and/or reporting
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHUV
Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen-Hospital Universitario Medico Quirurgico
Jaén, 23007, Spain
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Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, 2139, Australia
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Helios Klinik Wuppertal
Wuppertal, 42283, Germany
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Hospital Clínic i Provincial
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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Hämato-Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis am Klinikum Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg, 63739, Germany
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Hôpital Universitaire de Genève (HUG)
Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
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Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörtersee
Klagenfurt, 9020, Austria
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Latrobe Regional Hospital
Traralgon, Victoria, 3844, Australia
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Lkh-Univ. Klinikum Graz
Graz, 8036, Austria
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MVZ für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Strahlentherapie und Palliativmedizin -
Stade, 21680, Germany
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Monash Medical Centre Clayton
Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Birtinya, Queensland, 4575, Australia
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