New app aims to ease stress for families of kids with heart disease
NCT ID NCT07385209
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a WeChat mini-program designed to help families care for children after congenital heart disease surgery. The program provides health education, peer support, and remote monitoring. Researchers will compare families using the app to those receiving standard phone follow-up, measuring family health, stress, and quality of life. The goal is to see if a simple digital tool can improve long-term recovery and family well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- WeChat mini-program for home care
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a scalable digital tool to help families manage their child's recovery after heart surgery at home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. The mini-program may not significantly improve outcomes over standard phone follow-up.
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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 210 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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0 to 12 years
- 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: * \- The child is ≤12 years old. * The child has been diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) and is scheduled for or has undergone corrective surgery. * The child is in a stable medical condition (non-acute phase). * At least one primary caregiver (parent or sibling \>12 years old) of the child agrees to participate. * The caregiver provides written informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * \- The child has severe developmental defects. * The child has other major diseases that significantly affect quality of life. * The caregiver has visual, hearing, or cognitive impairments that hinder communication. * The caregiver has a diagnosed psychiatric disorder. * The caregiver is unconscious or otherwise unable to provide consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, China
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