Can a tablet app ease pain after stem cell transplant?
NCT ID NCT01984671
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a home-based tablet program that teaches pain coping skills to people who had a stem cell transplant. 36 adults who had pain after their transplant used the program or received usual care. The goal was to see if the program was practical and helpful for managing pain.
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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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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2013
- Finished
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Dec 2015
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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. receipt of an stem cell transplant due to an oncological disease, 2. no prior stem cell transplant, 3. report a clinical pain score of at least 3/10, and 4. an age of \> 21.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27708, United States
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