New app aims to ease pancreatic cancer treatment journey
NCT ID NCT07047807
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing a smartphone app called PDAC-PATHWAYS designed to provide information and support to people with pancreatic cancer who are about to start neoadjuvant therapy (treatment before surgery). The app includes educational modules and tools to help patients cope. Researchers want to see if it's practical and acceptable to use, enrolling 50 patients from one hospital.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- digital informational and supportive care app
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this app could provide a practical way to help pancreatic cancer patients better manage their treatment journey.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 50 participants. The app may not improve outcomes or be widely adopted.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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: * Age≥18 years * Within 8 weeks of a documented decision to pursue neoadjuvant therapy for newly diagnosed, non-metastatic PDAC * Able to comprehend and speak English Exclusion Criteria: * Comorbid health condition that would interfere with study participation, as identified by the cancer care team
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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