Can your smartphone help fight cancer? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT05390827
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study aims to safely collect health information like heart rate and activity levels from cancer patients using devices like smartphones and wearables. Researchers will use this data to learn more about how it relates to cancer diagnosis, treatment response, and risk factors. The goal is to build a secure database for future research. Up to 3,692 adults with solid tumors will participate.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could create a secure database to help researchers understand how digital health data relates to cancer outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It may not directly benefit participants and results depend on data quality and participation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,692 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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.
Who is studied
Potential participants will be identified by a member of the patient's care team, a protocol investigator, or research staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).
- Ages
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18 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Project 1: HealthKit * Individuals who meet at least one of the following criteria: * Diagnosis of new onset early-stage (I-III), low-grade (I-II), or locally advanced solid tumor * Historical diagnosis of primary invasive solid tumor * Diagnosis of metastatic (stage IV) or high-grade (III-IV) disease * Enrolled onto an investigational trial in the EDD Service * Seen in the MSK UCC from 2021 and onwards * Completion of Survivorship Patient Self-Assessment * Adult without a history of cancer \<50 years of age * Adult without a history of cancer ≥ 50 years of age * ≥18 years old * Own an Apple iPhone or Android with valid operating software * Self-reported "very well" comprehension of written and verbal English language * Willing and able to provide informed consent and HIPAA authorization for the release of personal health information Project 2: DigIT-Ex Individuals who meet one of the following criteria: * Patients at MSK who are: * Scheduled to undergo any type of BMT (Cohort 1) * Diagnosed with new onset AML and scheduled to initiate antineoplastic therapy (Cohort 2) * Scheduled to undergo any surgery for prostate cancer (Cohort 3) * Scheduled to undergo any lung cancer surgery (Cohort 4) * Scheduled to undergo TNT for locally advanced rectal cancer (Cohort 5) * Scheduled to initiate androgen deprivation therapy for at least 12 months and has one of the following prostate cancer diagnoses (Cohort 6): * High risk/very high localized, locally advanced, * Biochemically recurrent prostate cancer * Treatment naïve, low-volume metastatic prostate cancer * Scheduled Scheduled to undergo chemotherapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer (Cohort 7) * Receiving outpatient care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)(Cohort 10) * Diagnosed with metastatic cancer to bone (Cohort 10) * Scheduled for non-emergent orthopaedic surgery to stabilize lower-extremity bone metastases (Cohort 10) * Able to undergo at least 5 consecutive days of preoperative monitoring prior to surgery (Cohort 10) * Have had a CT scan including the L3 vertebral level within 3 months before surgery (used to assess skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia) (Cohort 10) * Have a ≥50% predicted likelihood of 6-month postoperative survival, as estimated by the PATHFx clinical decision-support tool (Cohort 10 * Individuals without cancer \<50 years of age (Cohort 8) * Individuals without cancer ≥50 years of age (Cohort 9) * 18 to 90 years old at the time of consent * Willing and able to download the Withings Health Mate app onto their personal mobile device * Willing to provide mobile digital physiological data for a period of at least six months to a maximum of one year following consent for Cohorts 1-9, and 4 months following consent for Cohort 10. * Willing to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Project 1: HealthKit * Unable or unwilling to successfully export and /or share physiological data Project 2: DigIT-Ex * Unable or unwilling to appropriately use digital platforms or devices * Require a wheelchair for ambulation (Cohort 10) * Are undergoing stabilization surgery for a primary bone tumor (rather than metastatic disease) (Cohort 10)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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