Can an online tool boost cancer patients' digital health skills?
NCT ID NCT07200453
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new online learning tool designed to help people with cancer improve their ability to find and understand health information on the internet. About 660 cancer patients will take part, and they will be randomly assigned to use the online tool, read a PDF with the same information, or receive no extra help. The goal is to see if the tool improves digital health literacy compared to the other options.
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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 660 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2025
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.
Inclusion criteria: * cancer diagnosis * sufficient knowledge of the German language as all study content and questionnaires will be in German only * Participants must also have and be able to use a digital device (smartphone, tablet, PC, laptop, etc.) with an internet connection * Confirm consent to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: * Patients who are severely cognitively impaired due to their cancer or other illness * Patients who are unable to operate a digital device
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
RECRUITINGHamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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