App helps cancer patients track symptoms and improve care
NCT ID NCT05112198
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a digital tool called Noona that lets advanced cancer patients track their symptoms from home. 190 adults with advanced lung or gastrointestinal cancer used the app to log symptoms and received prompts to report them weekly. The goal was to see if this improves quality of life and helps doctors manage symptoms better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Noona web-based symptom tracking tool
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that digital symptom tracking helps improve quality of life and symptom management for advanced cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study with 190 participants, so results are available but may not apply to all cancer types or settings. The tool relies on patient engagement, which may vary.
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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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190 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2018
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- 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: 1. Individuals (men and women) aged 18 years or older 2. Biopsy proven (recurrent or metastatic) advanced lung or gastrointestinal cancer 3. No limit on prior lines of therapy in the metastatic setting 4. ECOG performance status of 0-2 5. Estimated life expectancy of at least 6 months 6. Access to smartphone, tablet or computer with capability to utilize symptom tracking application 7. Willing and able to provide written, signed informed consent after the nature of the study has been explained, and prior to any research-related procedures 8. Willing and able to comply with all study procedures Exclusion Criteria: 1. Concurrent disease or condition that interferes with participation or safety 2. Non-english speaking, as the application is developed in the english language 3. Non-castrate resistant prostate cancer 4. Enrolled in other non-therapeutic or therapeutic clinical trials
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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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Stanford Cancer Institute
Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
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