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Can a phone app ease stress for childhood cancer survivors?

NCT ID NCT06053268

Symptom relief Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study looks at whether a daily mindfulness app called Headspace can help adults who survived childhood cancer cope with stress. Fifty survivors will use the app for 30 days and wear a wrist device to track stress signs. The main goal is to see if people find the app acceptable and easy to use, not yet to prove it reduces stress.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Headspace mobile mindfulness app
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help childhood cancer survivors manage stress and improve their health.
What could go wrong
This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 50 participants. It is not designed to prove the app reduces stress, only that people will use it and that data collection methods work.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

50 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

May 2024

Expected to finish

Sep 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Research participant is at least 18 years old at enrollment * Research participant is followed by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH) * Research participant has a diagnosis history of leukemia or lymphoma * Research participant takes part in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) * Research participant has elevated psychological stress scores of 6 or greater on most recent SJLIFE questionnaire * Participant can speak and read English Exclusion Criteria: * Research participant currently engages in mindful stress-reduction practices \>2x per week (e.g., tai chi, meditation) * Research participant takes psychiatric medications or medications that impact cardiac functioning, beta-blockers, alpha-blockers * Research participant wears a pacemaker * Research participant has a diagnosis of a congenital heart disease * Research participant has no access to a smartphone * Research participant has elevated pain interference scores (T≥70)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

childhood malignant neoplasm leukemia lymphoma neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Childhood cancer Leukemia Lymphoma

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

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