New app aims to ease lung cancer treatment side effects at home
NCT ID NCT07632703
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a home-based app for lung cancer patients on combination drug therapy. The app helps patients track symptoms, get personalized advice, and receive nurse support during treatment breaks. Researchers will see if it reduces symptom burden and improves quality of life compared to usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Home-Based Intelligent Symptom Management Program (WeChat mini-program)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could give lung cancer patients a practical tool to better manage symptoms at home, potentially improving their quality of life during treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply widely. The program relies on smartphone use, which may not suit all patients.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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: * Diagnosed with primary lung cancer confirmed by histology or cytology * First-time recipient of combination drug therapy, with an expected treatment course of at least 4 cycles; the combination regimen is not restricted * Aged 18 years or older * Able to use a smartphone * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score of 2 or lower * Aware of their own diagnosis and medication regimen * Voluntarily agree to participate in this study Exclusion Criteria: * History of mental illness or currently receiving mental health treatment * Diagnosis of malignancy in another organ site * Presence of cognitive impairment, indicated by 3 or more errors on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
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Conditions
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