App aims to ease burden for stem cell transplant caregivers
NCT ID NCT04094844
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a mobile app called Roadmap 2.0 could improve the quality of life for caregivers and patients undergoing stem cell transplants. Over 370 caregivers and patients used a Fitbit tracker and answered surveys. Some also got the app with extra positive activities. The goal was to see if the app helped caregivers feel better emotionally and physically during a stressful time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Roadmap 2.0 mobile app with optional positive activities
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to support caregivers and patients during stem cell transplant recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial, but the intervention is a behavioral app—not a drug or cure. Benefits may be modest and not apply to all caregivers or settings.
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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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372 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- 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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5 to 75 years
- 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 * The caregiver must have an eligible patient (see below) * The caregiver must be of age ≥18 years. * The caregiver should be comfortable in reading and speaking English and signing informed consents. * The caregiver should provide at least 50% of care needs. * An eligible patient is one who identifies the eligible caregiver as their primary caregiver (i.e., provides at least 50% of care needs). * An eligible patient is age ≥5 years. * An eligible patient is scheduled to undergo HCT. * An eligible patient is able to sign informed consent/assent forms. * Patients and caregivers agree to provide informed consent that is in regulatory compliance and IRBMED-approved and also in accordance to institutional guidelines. A patient is able to undergo HCT at the U-M only if a designated family caregiver (e.g., parents, adult children, spouses, family members, neighbors, friends) accepts the roles, in accordance to the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the U-M BMT Program. * The caregiver and patient must have his/her own smartphone to participate. Exclusion Criteria \- Patient does not meet eligibility criteria to undergo HCT at the U-M BMT Program or Oregon Health \& Sciences University.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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