New study: can a smartphone app calm anxiety in seriously ill patients and their caregivers?
NCT ID NCT05040711
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a mindfulness program delivered through a smartphone app can help reduce anxiety in older adults (60+) with serious illnesses like cancer or heart disease, and their caregivers. Participants will use the app to practice mindfulness exercises. The goal is to find a convenient, non-drug way to manage anxiety that can be used at home.
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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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About 162 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * adults 60+ * Diagnosis of or caregiver for individual with serious illnesses (e.g., ESRD, Cancer, CHF, COPD, Liver Disease) * Hads-A \> 8 for patient or caregiver * Blessed\<6 * fluent in English * vision and hearing does not interfere with mobile device use * caregivers who must be 21+ * caregiver must identify as primary source of informal care for patient * Caregiver blessed \<6 * caregiver is fluent in English * Caregiver's vision and hearing does not interfere with mobile device use. Exclusion Criteria: * experience with mindfulness therapy in last 2 years * not fluent in English * vision or hearing that impairs use of mobile device * cognitive impairment more than 6 on Blessed.
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Conditions
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cancer Institute of New Jersey
RECRUITINGNew Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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RWJ Barnabas Outpatient Geriatric Clinics
RECRUITINGLivingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States
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RWJB Outpatient Geriatrics
RECRUITINGMonroe, New Jersey, 08831, United States
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