Can a smartphone app ease the misery of eczema, psoriasis, and hives?
NCT ID NCT06702293
First seen Jul 01, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app that provides psychological tools can improve quality of life for people with eczema, psoriasis, or chronic hives. Participants use the app over 32 weeks to learn coping strategies and wellness tips. The goal is to see if this digital approach reduces the emotional and physical burden of these skin diseases.
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 psychotherapeutic tools
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this app could offer a drug-free way to ease the mental and physical burden of chronic skin conditions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a cure. It may not work for everyone, and benefits could be modest.
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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 690 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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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16 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: * Patients with psoriasis, eczema or chronic urticaria diagnosed by a dermatologist * Aged 16 or older * Peak pruritus intensity of 4 or more on a 11-point numerical rating scale (0-10, with 10 representing worst itch) * Able to engage with a mobile application in the English language Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with active psychiatric symptoms (e.g. active suicidal ideation, psychosis, delusions) * Patients with unstable psychiatric condition, characterized by o Hospital inpatient admission for a psychiatric condition or initiation of a psychotropic medication in the prior 3 months * Patients with unstable dermatological condition, characterized by * Recent flare of the skin condition within the last 2 weeks, including diagnosis of a flare by a doctor, use of systemic steroids, oral antibiotics, wet wrap rescue therapy, oral antivirals, or increase in frequency of phototherapy or dose of systemic medications for the dermatological condition within the last 2 weeks OR * Any of the following within 3 months * inpatient admission for a dermatological condition * Initiation of phototherapy * Initiation of systemic therapy (conventional immunosuppressive agent, biologics, JAK inhibitors) within the last 3 months.
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Conditions
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Locations
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National University Hospital
RECRUITINGSingapore, Singapore, 609783, Singapore
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