Can a smartphone app help transplant patients stay healthy?
NCT ID NCT07288918
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving organ transplant patients a mobile app or a teaching booklet helps them better manage their health after surgery. Researchers will measure quality of life, how well patients take their anti-rejection medications, and symptom control. About 108 liver or kidney transplant recipients will be assigned to one of three groups: standard care, standard care plus a booklet, or standard care plus a mobile app.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- educational intervention (mobile application or teaching booklet)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple educational tools like a mobile app or booklet help transplant patients stick to their medication schedule and feel better day-to-day.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (108 participants) that tests education methods, not a new drug or cure. Results may not apply to all transplant patients, and improvements may 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 108 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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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: * Being over 18 years of age, * Having undergone a liver or kidney transplant for the first time, * Having been discharged at least three months ago, * Having access to a smartphone and internet and the ability to use them independently, Exclusion Criteria: * Having a diagnosis of a psychiatric or neurological disorder, * Having hearing or vision problems severe enough to impede communication, * Requesting to leave during the research period
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ondokuz Mayis University
Samsun, Samsun, Turkey (Türkiye)
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