Smartwatch and app aim to track lung cancer symptoms in real time
NCT ID NCT05370469
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a remote monitoring system—including a smartphone app, a Fitbit, and a smart pill cap—can effectively track symptoms and side effects in 30 lung cancer patients taking oral targeted therapy. Participants will use the system for up to 24 weeks, and the goal is to see if it's feasible to capture symptom data in real time. The results will help design better ways to manage treatment side effects and improve quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- remote monitoring system (smartphone app, Fitbit, smart pill cap)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a real-time symptom tracking system that helps doctors better manage side effects and improve quality of life for lung cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The system relies on patients consistently using the devices, which may be challenging.
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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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
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: * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form * Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study * Male or female, ≥18 years of age * Diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an actionable mutation * Currently prescribed oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Participants may or may not have started taking the TKI prior to enrollment on this study. Participants who are initiating TKI treatment or are within 4 weeks of initiation of TKI treatment will be eligible for Cohort A. Participants who have been receiving TKIs for 4 or more weeks will be eligible for Cohort B. * Owns a smartphone or tablet * Ability and willingness to download and use a smart device application for the purposes of this study. Ability and willingness to use a Fitbit watch for the purposes of this study. * Must have the ability to access WiFi or a device with mobile network (3G, 4G, 5G, etc.) connectivity during the course of the study * Must be English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Any physical or cognitive impairment that would prevent the subject from using the study devices or participate in the study procedures. * Any ongoing clinically significant grade ≥2 adverse events attributed to a previously prescribed TKI that is a different TKI from the one prescribed at enrollment for this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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