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Can a smartphone app help people with spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy take control of their health?

NCT ID NCT02592291

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed
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Stopped early
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Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 4 times

Summary

This study is testing whether a mobile health app system can help people with chronic conditions like spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, or traumatic brain injury improve their self-management skills and wellness. About 160 participants will use the app for one year, while others receive standard care. Researchers will track changes in self-management, quality of life, and medical outcomes like hospital visits.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
mobile health app system
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a practical tool to help people with chronic conditions better manage their own health and reduce hospital visits.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage study with only 160 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The app may not improve health outcomes or be easy for all users to adopt.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

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

About 160 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2019

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

12 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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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: 1. 12 years or older. 2. have a diagnosis of a chronic and complex condition such as Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Traumatic Brain Injury, etc. 3. live in a community setting (not within a residential facility that provides care to them). 4. pass all the functional screening tests which include basic usage of a smart phone, and impairment severity assessments Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of severe intellectual disability or severe and persistent psychiatric illness. 2. Failing all the screening tests due to severe impairments that cannot be accommodated by the mHealth system (for patient participants)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Brain Injuries, Traumatic brain injury Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome cerebral palsy neural tube defect spina bifida spinal cord injury traumatic brain injury

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Brain injuries Cerebral palsy Spina bifida Spinal cord injuries Spinal dysraphism Traumatic brain injury

How to take part

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Pittsburgh

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260, United States

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