AI-Powered app aims to transform colorectal cancer recovery monitoring
NCT ID NCT06685497
First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a digital platform that uses artificial intelligence to monitor colorectal cancer patients after surgery. Patients report symptoms through a mobile app, and the AI analyzes the data to flag issues with color-coded alerts. The goal is to see if this system boosts follow-up rates, patient satisfaction, and reduces unplanned hospital visits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a digital healthcare management platform with AI symptom monitoring and alerts
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this digital system could improve follow-up care for colorectal cancer patients, reducing unplanned hospital visits and enhancing quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial with 236 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The system relies on patient engagement with the app, 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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About 236 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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: * Over 18 years old. * Pathologically confirmed colorectal cancer patients. * Underwent surgery at the Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. * Signed informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to access electronic devices that can connect to the internet or mobile communications. * Uncontrolled psychiatric illness. * The ECOG score is greater than or equal to 3. * Deemed unsuitable for participation by the investigator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Renji Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, 200135, China
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